National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Palau_6-7-9-07] Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to Palau Islands, Republic of Palau [48-DPA-SOI_K_Palau_6-7-9-07__DI12475.JPG]

A Navy diver from Mobile Diving Salvage Unit One enters the water from a diving platform. The diver, wearing a Mark 12 dive helmet is studying the wreck of the World War II Japanese merchant ship KIZUGAWA MARU as part of Project Sea Mark, a four-year undersea survey and mapping study of naval historic sites. The study is being conducted in conjuction with the U.S. Park Service's Submerged Cultural Resource Unit

A starboard bow view of the combat stores ship USS NIAGARA FALLS (AFS 3) moored at the US Naval Ship Repair Facility

Bombs are loaded aboard a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft from Strategic Air Command as Arc Light, part of Operation Linebacker, gets underway

World War II – Marshall Islands

Sea-Going Tank Churns Toward Namut Island

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Guam_6-6-7-07] Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to Guam, U.S. Territory [48-DPA-SOI_K_Guam_6-6-7-07__DI12258.JPG]

Banzai and Yo Ho! I'm on My Way to Tokyo

The B-29 Takes It! Capt. James Pearson And His Crew Of The 881St Bomb Sqd., 500Th Bomb Gp., 73Rd Bomb Wing Based On Saipan, Brought This Plane In From Tokyo Over 1500 Miles Of Water Thru Adverse Weather And Darkness With Two Engines Out On One Side. The (U.S. Air Force Number A59780AC)

The NMTI students inspecting their models one last time. Their designs ensure the roofs resist the lifting force of winds.

Air Force Personnel, Using Mops, Sponges, Etc., Wash Down The Boeing B-29 'Special Delivery' At A Base On Saipan, Marianans Islands. November 1944. (U.S. Air Force Number 64255AC)

World War II – Saipan