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Fatally Stricken
Leyte Gulf, Battle of, Philippines, 1944; Antiaircraft artillery; World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, Japanese; World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American;
Fatally stricken, the Japanese bomber plunges into the sea between two destroyers, part of a Naval force guarding troops ashore in the Philippines. (Second of a series of three photographs, [file numbers] 5036; 5037; and 5038)
World War II - Combat Photographs

Correspondence, 1843: Popham, William [Letter] 1843 January 3, New York [to] Commander Mackenzie
Somers (Brig : 1842-1846); Somers Mutiny, 1842; Mackenzie, Alexander Slidell, 1803-1848; Popham, William, 1752-1847
New York Jany 3rd 1843 Commander Mackensie Sir Although a personal stranger to you, I cannot restrain the expression of my feelings to you, in this moment of universal excitement—I am a very old soldier of the Revolution, and was present at Head...
The Somers Affair

Japanese "Mavis" Bursts into Flames
Airplanes, Military -- Japan; World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, Japanese
Flame and smoke billow from a stricken Japanese "Mavis" patrol bomber after it was hit and downed off Fukue Shima by U.S. Navy Cornado bombers on May 10. The enemy craft was trying to flee to its home base when attacked and destroyed. (This is No.3...
World War II - Combat Photographs

The U.S.S. Ticonderoga Leaves a Blazing Trail in the Pacific
Ticonderoga (Attack aircraft carrier : CVA-14); Aircraft carriers -- United States; Airplanes, Military -- United States; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Philippines;
The U.S.S. TICONDEROGA, new ESSEX class carrier, has left a blistering trail of incredible destruction during its first three months in the Pacific. While the crew came to know the mighty flattop as the big "T", the Japs knew her only as...
World War II - Combat Photographs

Inferno at Sea - The U.S.S. Franklin's Trial by Fire
World War, 1939-1945 -- Chaplains -- United States; United States. Navy -- Religious life; O'Callahan, Joseph Timothy, 1905-1964; Franklin (Aircraft carrier : CV-13); World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan;
Less than 16 months after she was commissioned, the stricken ESSEX-class aircraft carrier U.S.S. FRANKLIN arrived at Brooklyn Navy Yard under her own power - a ghastly but unforgettable memorial to the heroism of those who man the Navy's ships and...
World War II - Combat Photographs

LAST PHOTOGRAPHS OF USS HORNET, NAVY AIRCRAFT CARRIER
Hornet (Aircraft carrier : CV-8); World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Solomon Islands; Yorktown Class (Aircraft carriers) -- History; Damage control (Warships); Damage control (Warships);
LAST PHOTOGRAPHS OF USS HORNET, NAVY AIRCRAFT CARRIER--The U. S. Navy dis- closed today that the airplane carrier sunk during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands last October 26, was the USS HORNET, shown here dead in the water after Japanese...
World War II - Combat Photographs

SWAN SONG OF THE YORKTOWN NEARS
Yorktown (Aircraft carrier: CV-5); World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American;
SWAN SONG OF THE YORKTOWN NEARS---Listing heavily to the port side with smoke billowing from her single funnel, the U.S. YORKTOWN is shown after withstanding a successful, bruising attack by Japanese aircraft last June 4. But forty-eight hours...
World War II - Combat Photographs

Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, U.S.N. and his Historic Connection with Trinidad
Perry, Oliver Hazard, 1785-1819;
Pamphlet, originally published in the American Consular Bulletin, describing the circumstances of Perry's death and interment in Trinidad.
From Preble Hall - The Oliver Hazard Perry Collection

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