ВМС США во Второй мировой войне (подборка фотографий)

Army Air Corps B-25 lifts off from the deck of the «USS Hornet» (CV-8) to take part in first U.S. air raid on Japan. Doolittle Raid — 18 April 1942

Chaplain N.D. Lindner officiates at a memorial service on «USS South Dakota» (BB-57) for shipmates killed in action in the Battle of Guam. June 19, 1944

Coast Guard landing craft deliver the Army to the beach during the invasion of Luzon. January 9, 1945

Coast Guard LST lands Marines during Cape Gloucester, New Britain invasion. December 24, 1943

F6F Hellcat pilots pose after shooting down 17 of 20 Japanese planes heading for Tarawa. «USS Lexington» (CV-16). November 1943

F6F Hellcat. «USS Yorktown» (CV-10). November 1943

Flights of F4U Corsairs and F6F Hellcats over the «USS Missouri» (BB-63). VJ Day August 1945

Iwo Jima beachead looking toward Mt. Suribachi. February 1945

Japanese plane shot down attempting to attack «USS Kitkun Bay» (CVE-71). Near Mariana Islands. June 1944

Liberty party returns to the «USS Casablanca» (CVE-55) from Rara Island, off Pitylieu Island, Manus. April 19, 1945

Marine amphibious landing on Tinian Atoll. July 1944

Marines raise the flag on Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima, February 23, 1945

Shipboard brief for Tarawa invasion. November 1943

«USS Bunker Hill» (CV-17) hit by two Kamikazes in 30 seconds off Kyushu, JP. Dead-372 — Wounded-264. 11 May 1945

«USS Iowa» (BB-61) firing during gunnery drill in the Pacific. 1944

«USS Pennsylvania» (BB-38) and «USS Colorado» (BB-45) followed by three cruisers at Lingayen Gulf, preceding the landing at Luzon, Philippines. January1945