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[Servicemen in front of tomb] (Item)

Photographic group portrait of U.S. Navy servicemen in front of a tomb, Okinawa, Japan, circa 1945. Caption on album page: "Okinawian huts and tombs."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the U.S. Navy during World War II, circa 1940-1995.

[Servicemen in front of tomb] (Item)

Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen in front of a tomb, Okinawa Island, Japan, circa 1945. Caption on album page: "Okinawian huts and tombs."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the U.S. Navy during World War II, circa 1940-1995.

[Servicemen outside hut] (Item)

Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen outside a hut, Okinawa, Japan, circa 1945.Caption on album page: "Okinawian huts and tombs."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the U.S. Navy during World War II, circa 1940-1995.

[Aerial view of demilitarized Japanese bomber and other aircraft] (Item)

Oblique aerial photograph of a demilitarized Japanese bomber (right, with crosses) and other aircraft at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, August 25, 1945. The caption on a similar photo notes that the bomber, either "Bataan 1" or "Bataan 2," transported peace emissaries. Inscription: "25 Aug. 45 / 1105 (-g) F56 -- 8 1/4 Var. Yokosuka / 35-13N, 139-42E Honshu." Part of a disassembled album containing…

[Aerial view of demilitarized Japanese bomber and other aircraft] (Item)

Oblique aerial photograph of a demilitarized Japanese bomber (right, with crosses) and other aircraft at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, August 25, 1945. The caption notes that the bomber, either "Bataan 1" or "Bataan 2," transported peace emissaries.Caption on album page: "Plane with crosses is one that flew peace emissaries to meet with MacArthur in Manila."Part of a disassembled album containing…

[Vought F4U Corsair and General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft at Kadena Air Base] (Item)

Photograph of Vought F4U Corsair and General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft of Air Group 83, U.S. Navy, at Kadena Air Base, Japan, May 20, 1945. Caption on album page: "Air Group 83 TBM's and F4U's -- Kadena Airstrip, Okinawa 5/20/45."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the U.S. Navy during World War II, circa 1940-1995.

Raising the flag on Iwo Jima (Item)

Photograph (reproduction) of "Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima" by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal, circa 1945. Caption: "The photograph reproduced above is probably the most dramatic picture to come out of the Pacific war. It shows a daring quartet of U.S. Marines of the 28th regiment hoisting the Stars and Stripes atop Suribachi, Iwo Jima's volcanic fort, after a terrific struggle to…

Henry “Sandy” McMurray oral history interview (Item)

Born-digital video recording of an oral history with Henry "Sandy" McMurray and interviewer Steve Little, recorded as part of The Museum of Flight Oral History Program, February 27, 2020.

[Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan] (Item)

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 Third, Fourth, and Fifth United States Marine divisions gave their lives to capture its 8 square miles from the Japanese in February and March, 1945. The…

[Aerial view of one of the Bonin Islands] (Item)

Aerial photograph of one of the Bonin Islands, circa 1944-1945.Caption on accompanying document: "123. Bonin Islands."

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