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This recording contains one-on-one interviews with fighter aces Joseph J. Foss, Earling W. Zaeske, Daniel G. Cunningham, and Frank L. Lawlor. The interviewees discuss their wartime experiences as fighter pilots and share details about their naval…

Photograph of United State Army soldiers at an outdoor theater on Iwo Jima, circa 1940s. The theater was established by Yun Yau Kam to help boost morale.

Oblique aerial photograph of Iwo Jima, circa 1940s.

Photograph of Hugh Herndon (right) and Clyde Pangborn (left, standing on airplane) working on "Miss Veedol," a Bellanca Skyrocket CH-400 aircraft (tail number NR796W), in a hangar in Japan, circa 1931. Inscription on verso: "No 1. Upper – Pangborn.…

Fighter ace Thomas S. Harris discusses his military service with the United States Navy during World War II. He describes his wartime experiences as a fighter pilot, including his time with Fighting Squadron 18 (VF-18) and Fighting Squadron 17…

Fighter ace Harry W. Swinburne is interviewed about his military service with the United States Navy during World War II. He describes his wartime experiences as a fighter pilot, including his time stationed on the USS San Jacinto (CVL-30) with…

In this two-part oral history, Harrison R. “Harry” Thyng discusses his military career with the United States Army Air Forces and United States Air Force. In part two, he continues to describe his World War II experiences, including his time in the…

Photograph of Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan, circa 1945. Typed caption on album page: "Iwo Jima, EE woh JEE muh, is the middle island of the three Volcano Islands, or Kazan Retto, in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. More than 5,000 men of the…

Oblique aerial photograph of Hiroshima, Japan taken from a Boeing B-29 Superfortress aircraft, August 1945. Typed caption on album page: "Hiroshima from the tail gunner's position in a B-29 at 1500 feet, late August 1945." Part of a photograph album…

Photograph of an unidentified serviceman posing with a damaged Mitsubishi J2M Raiden (Thunderbolt) Jack aircraft, Japan, August 1945. Typed caption on album page: "Disabled Japanese fighter on airfield near Tokyo, August 1945." Part of a photograph…