National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures

A port beam view of the frigate USS QUELLET (FF 1077) moored in the harbor

[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__DI12759.JPG]

An "Ostrich Plume" Over Angaur

[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__DI13151.JPG]

[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__DI12712.JPG]

Aviation Ordinanceman First Class (AO1) Jonathan A. Hamm, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Five (EODMU5), Detachment Marianas, uses a pry bar to unearth Hedge Hog Rockets, 105mm, 5 inch 50, 20mm, and 50 caliber rounds from a barge that sunk after WWII

Crew members aboard the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH-9) brave the rain to watch from the flight deck as the ship approaches its berth at the naval station. The GUAM is returning to Naval Station, Norfolk, Va., following its deployment to the Persian Gulf region for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm

Large harbor tugs maneuver the amphibious command ship USS BLUE RIDGE (LCC 19) into the harbor

World War II – Guadalcanal and Guam

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Mike Hull, a Crew CHIEF assigned to the 509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS) performs a maintenance check on a USAF B-2 Spirit aircraft, while deployed at Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam (GU), during Exercise CORONET BUGLE 49

Prayer For a Hero of Peleliu

[Assignment: 48-DPA-07-13-08_SOI_K_Philly_Rec] Reception at Independence National Historical Park for attendees at the National Governors Association Centennial Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and Independence National Historical Park Deputy Superintendent Darla Sidles delivered official remarks; and the Secretary conversed with fellow NGA attendees, among them Pennsylvanina Governor Edward Rendell, Vermont Governor James Douglas, Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal, Guam Governor Felix Camacho, former Tennessee Governor Don Sundquist, and former Michigan Governor John Engler.] [48-DPA-07-13-08_SOI_K_Philly_Rec_IOD_9286.JPG]