Browse Items (160 total)
- Collection: Box: 2, Folder: 2-3 - World War II photographs, circa 1939-1945
[Aerial view of Colorado State Capitol]
![[Aerial view of Colorado State Capitol]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/e2f9c0de9bdd23903afc3211440f60e3.jpg "[Aerial view of Colorado State Capitol]")
Oblique aerial photograph of the Colorado State Capitol building and surrounding area, Denver, Colorado, circa 1940s. The inscription misidentifies the location as the California State Capital.
Inscription on verso: "California State Capitol. I think…
[Aerial view of Conchas Dam]
![[Aerial view of Conchas Dam]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/b698be4e8f48225435209dd1a3652047.jpg "[Aerial view of Conchas Dam]")
Oblique aerial photograph of the Conchas Dam, New Mexico, circa 1941.
Inscription on verso: "Conchas Dam, New Mexico .1941."
[Note from Lee Embree to his wife]
![[Note from Lee Embree to his wife]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/919cd1862b3e2c954d78db652c7689e4.jpg "[Note from Lee Embree to his wife]")
Note from Lee Embree to his wife gifting her his service bars, circa 1942-1945.
Inscription: "Remember when you pinned these very same bars on my shirt, honey? Yes darling, these are the ones I graduated with and I would like you to have them to…
[Eleanor Roosevelt, Commander A. L. Mare, and Major General Charles F. Thompson]
![[Eleanor Roosevelt, Commander A. L. Mare, and Major General Charles F. Thompson]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/7d679254d4994b37aea3c723bfc984db.jpg "[Eleanor Roosevelt, Commander A. L. Mare, and Major General Charles F. Thompson]")
Photograph of Eleanor Roosevelt (center) with Commander A. L. Mare (left) and Major General Charles F. Thompson (right) at a headquarters building on an unidentified island, August 25, 1943.Typed caption glued to verso: "161-6-43-335. HQ II Island…
[John A. Crockett and William B. M. Ellis with supplies]
![[John A. Crockett and William B. M. Ellis with supplies]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/f766206dd17823824e447a95788316f2.jpg "[John A. Crockett and William B. M. Ellis with supplies]")
Photograph of Lieutenant John A. Crocket (left) and Lieutenant William B. M. Ellis (right) of the 38th Reconnaissance Squadron, United States Army Air Corps, with bed rolls and other supplies near Hickam Field, December 7, 1941. Photo was taken…
[Lee Embree at campsite outside Hickam Field]
![[Lee Embree at campsite outside Hickam Field]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/4a8827cb8da5d45844b63bc03aaed1f3.jpg "[Lee Embree at campsite outside Hickam Field]")
Photograph of Lee Embree at his campsite in the jungle outside Hickam Field, December 7, 1941. Photo was taken following the Pearl Harbor attack.Inscription: "(12-7-41-8:30A). A.C. photo by Sgt. Lee R. Embree."Inscription on verso: "Hickam Field.…
[Servicemen making camp outside Hickam Field]
![[Servicemen making camp outside Hickam Field]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/fcb0392fed1764519901fdaf48ba50ce.jpg "[Servicemen making camp outside Hickam Field]")
Photograph of servicemen of the 38th Reconnaissance Squadron, United States Army Air Corps, preparing their campsites in the jungle outside Hickam Field, Hawaii, December 7, 1941. Photo was taken following the Pearl Harbor attack.Inscription:…
[Aichi D3A Vals in flight near Hickam Field during Pearl Harbor attack]
![[Aichi D3A Vals in flight near Hickam Field during Pearl Harbor attack]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/b9d7b239fb3767fa95f29d5ac5735b9a.jpg "[Aichi D3A Vals in flight near Hickam Field during Pearl Harbor attack]")
Photograph of two Imperial Japanese Navy Aichi D3A Val aircraft in flight near Hickam Field during the Pearl Harbor attack, Hawaii, December 7, 1941. Photo was taken by Lee Embree from a Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress attempted to land at the…
[Bullet hole in Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress]
![[Bullet hole in Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/93066ecca4c9edba9735a5878bbcd57c.jpg "[Bullet hole in Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress]")
Photograph of a bullet hole in the vertical stabilizer of a United States Army Air Corps Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress aircraft, Hickam Field, Hawaii, December 7, 1941.Inscription: "(12-7-41-8:30A) A.C. Photo by Sgt. Lee Embree."Typed caption glued to…
[Hickam Field during attack at Pearl Harbor]
![[Hickam Field during attack at Pearl Harbor]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/8da23f81fe8803ad0a08db361f6afe9c.jpg "[Hickam Field during attack at Pearl Harbor]")
Photograph of Hickam Field during the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, December 7, 1941. A large plume of smoke from the USS Arizona is visible behind the hangars.Inscription: "(12-7-41-8:30A) - A.C. Photo by Sgt. Lee Embree."