U.S. National Archives photos from the 1940s
1,644 photos, in date order; 1,081–1,140 on this page. Photos taken by federal employees as part of their duties are US government works and not under copyright. About the collection
Lt. Cdr. A.F. Fleming, fighter director, in plot room of USS Lexington (CV-16) during a strike in the Gilbert & Marshall Islands.
1943-11
PBM Hangar at NAS Banana River, Fla
1943-03
Construction of aircraft at the Glenn L. Martin plant at Baltimore, MD. Fuselages, just out of the assembly jigs are on these special stands, to be given a water test. Instead of being placed in water, the water is placed in the hulls and the inspection made from the outside.
1943-02
Young men training at pre-flight school at Del Monte Hotel, Del Monte, Calif., grin as they file out of the mess hall.
1943-07
Aleutian air base during blizzard
1943-03
"Men of the Sixteenth Battalion, crack all-Negro training unit at the Field Artillery Replacement Center, Fort Bragg, NC, are shown in their daily rifle calisthenics. After nine weeks training the men have developed a rhythm and precision in these body building exercises that is seldom equalled by m
1943-02
Lt. Woody J. Cochran holding a Japanese flag, New Guinea
1943-04-01
Construction Progress Photographs "Map # 2-AA-1 Forty-Seventh Street and Cutting Blvd. Looking Northwest, Richmond, CA Photograph # 1-3143-21 June 5, 1943"
1943-06-05 · map
Soldier in fox hole hurls hand-grenade at tank destroyer at Commando training camp in Camp Carson, Co.
1943-04-24
"Construction of the prefabricated steel storage warehouse by members of the 34th Construction Bn. at Halavo Seaplane Base, Florida Island Solomon Islands.", 09/19/1943
1943-09-19
"Captain and crew of a new Liberty Ship SS Booker T. Washington just after it completed its maiden voyage to England. (L-R) C. Lastic, Second Mate; T. J. Young, Midshipman; E. B. Hlubik, Midshipman; C. Blackman, Radio Operator; T. A. Smith, Chief Engineer; Hugh Mulzac, Captain of the ship; Adolphu
1943-02-08
Cdr. E.J. Steichen on framework below flight deck taking combat photos with K-20 camera. USS Lexington (CV-16).
c. 1943
Plane on board the USS Saratoga (CV-3). Plane parker signaling to pilot of F6F.
1943-11
Marching to the music of a WAAC band, barely visible behind them, a compny of MAACS passes in review before President Roosevelt during his visit to the Third WACC Training Center at Fort Oglethorpe, GA. April 17, 1943. The President saw 3000 WAACS parade past his reviewing post.
1943-04-17
Nurse Frances Bullock wheels a wounded soldier back to his bed in the orthopedics ward of an Army hospital.
1943-05-23
Winston Churchill at a conference in Quebec
c. 1943
Crewmen lifting Kenneth Bratton (AOM) out of turret of TBF on the USS Saratoga (CVA-3) after raid on Rabaul.
1943-11-05
F6F takes off from USS Lexington (CVA 16) for third day of strikes in attack on Mili Atoll, Marshall Islands.
c. 1943
Two recruits in a light tank during training in mechanized warfare at Montford Point Camp, NC
1943-04
"Christmas Dance at Negro Service Club
1943-12-23
Training at Camp Carson, Colorado
c. 1943
Two women helping in the war effort
1943-07-24
"Negro boxing champions at Great Lakes, IL.", 03/03/1943
1943-03-03
"34th CB's trading with natives from Malaita. Left to right: native; Percy J. Hope, MS2c; Lilton T. Walker, S1c; two natives; Jack Kelsen, SC1c.", 09/23/1943
1943-09-23
SBD's attack Wake Island, Oct. 5 and 6, 1943
1943-10-06
Graves of U.S. Marines who died taking Tarawa, before headstones were prepared. In the background are the first tents put up after occupation of the island.
c. 1943
Lawrence Britton (SN2), on duty at port lookout aboard USS Nassau (CVE-16).
1943-10
F6F taking off from flight deck of the USS Lexington (CV-16).
1943-11
Sailors sleeping on flight deck of the USS Lexington (CV-16).
1943-11
Navy pilots head for ready room after landing their planes on USS Yorktown CV-10.
c. 1943
"A trio of recruits in training to take their places as fighting Leathernecks in the U.S. Marine Corps, run the rugged obstacle course at Camp Lejeune, NC Montford Point Camp. The Marine recruits have shown such excellent results in their aptitudes and leadership capacities that an expanded Navy r
1943-04
"4,000 Unit Housing Project Progress Photographs March 6,1943 to August 11, 1943; Construction of School, Richmond, CA No.1-3271-3 "
1943-05-28
Enlisted men relaxing on flight deck of the USS Lexington (CV-16).
1943-11-27
Pfc. Elmer McDaniel, USMC, decorated back of his work jumper with what he called a "Jawja" peach. On board the USS Lexington (CV-16).
1943-11-29
Aircrewman, wounded during raid on Rabaul, on board the USS Saratoga (CV-3). Alva Parker (ARM1) who suffered shrapnel wounds in neck and shoulders, rests in litter.
1943-11-05
"Negro boxing champions at Great Lakes, IL."
1943-03-03
Private Roy W. Humphrey of Toledo, Ohio is being given blood plasma after he was wounded by shrapnel in Sicily on 8/9/43
1943-08-09
Lt. Charles E. Kerlee, USNR, steps down from the wing of a TBF after photographing the raid on Wake. Using two K-20 cameras, Kerlee squeezed in behind the pilot and stood for four hours to get his pictures.
1943-10-06
Ens. Charles W. Miller; Ltjg. Henry H. Dearing and Ltjg. Bus Alber (L-R) walking toward their planes on board USS Saratoga (CV-3) for Rabaul Raid. F6F on right.
1943-11-05
A PBY-5A Catalina patrol bomber cruises against a backdrop of snow-clad mountains in Aleutian Islands, searching for enemy activity.
1943-03
Graves of U.S. Marines who died taking Tarawa, before headstones were prepared. In background are the first tents put up after occupation of the island.
c. 1943
2nd Lieutenant Frances Bullock applies a dressing to a wounded soldier's hand in an Army hospital.
1943-05-23
"Line up of some of women welders including the women's welding champion of Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp., Pascagoula, MS."
1943
"Marines hit three feet of rough water as they leave their LST to take the beach at Cape Gloucester, New Britain."
1943-12-26
"Judo instruction is one of the high spots in the life of the latest addition to the Leatherneck Marines here. An instructor shows a recruit how to make the enemy's bayonet useless. Cpl. Arvin Lou Ghazlo, USMC, giving judo instructions to Pvt. Ernest C. Jones, USMCR."
1943-04
Photographs, with captions, of "Food for Freedom" Native American activities for the war effort, from Carson Agency Annual Report of Extension Workers for 1943 (Narrative and Illustrated Section).
1943
"Christmas Dance at Negro Service Club, 12/23/1943
1943-12-23
Sunday services, conducted by Lt. James W. Kelly (CHC) on board the USS Mobile (CL-63) enroute for raid on Marcus Island.
1943-08
Camouflage netting at Consolidated Vultee aircraft plant, San Diego, Cal.
1943-08
"4,000 Unit Housing Project Progress Photographs March 6,1943 to August 11, 1943, Richmond, CA; Children palying, sliding down a slide." 2917
1943
Checking finished PV-1 at the Vega aircraft plant, Burbank, Calif. Workmen spin propeller.
1943-08
Enlisted personnel exercise on flight deck of USS Lexington (CV-16) enroute to the Gilbert Islands.
1943-11
PLANT A VICTORY GARDEN. OUR FOOD IS FIGHTING
1943 · poster
"U.S. Marine `Raiders' and their dogs, which are used for scouting and running messages, starting off for the jungle front lines on Bougainville."
c. 1943
Dan Waupoose, a Menomini chief; full-length, kneeling with a rifle and wearing a feathered headdress, Algiers, Lousiana
1943-08-24
Never too young to learn, these future homemakers receive first-hand experience in looking for point values as well as prices and information on labels when buying canned and bottled foods with War Ration Book Two.
c. 1943
A burning Japanese torpedo-bomber falls after being knocked down by artillery from American warships.
1943-12-04
"Dorothy Donegan, pianist, and Camp Robert Smalls swing band at NTS, Great Lakes."
1943-06-16
"After inspecting a regiment of Negro artillerymen during a visit to Hawaii, Under Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson congratulates Col. Chauncey M. Hooper,.commander of the unit, while Lt. Gen. Robert C. Richardson, Jr. and Col. Harry B. Reubel,.watch with approval.", 08/1943
1943-08
Enlisted men aboard USS Lexington (CV-16) during operations in the Gilbert and Marshall Islands. Crewmen gather around loud-speaker and listen intently as pilots relate story of attack on Japs at Kwajalein.
c. 1943