Attack on Zuikaku (1944)
#otd the Battle off Cape Engano, Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku under attack and smoking, though still under way. Photographed from a...
Battle of Leyte Gulf
#otd we look back to wounded pilot, Ensign A.A. Brauer, USNR, from his F6F aboard USS Lexington CV-16 after a strike on the Japanese...
Leyte Landings from USS Pennsylvania BB-38 (1944)
#otd we look back at the landings at Leyte. Here are the 5-inch/38 battery’s of USS Pennsylvania BB-38 bombarding Japanese positions on...
Landings at Leyte
#otd we look back at the landings at Leyte, here fires can be seen started by pre-invasion bombardment of Leyte, 20 October 1944....
Japanese destroyer post WWII
#otd Japanese destroyer Hanatsuki at Kure, 16 October 1945. Post WWII. #japanese #destroyer #wwii #navalsafari #aviationsafari...
USS James O’Hara APA-90 (1943)
Per request, USS James O'Hara APA-90 off the coast of North Carolina in June 1943. #ussjamesohara #apa90 #wwii #usnavy #navalsafari...
USS Saratoga CV-3 (1945)
A look back to USS Saratoga CV-3 in Puget Sound in May 1945. #usssaratoga #cv3 #flynavy #wwii #navalsafari #aviationsafari...
Repatriation after WWII
#otd after #WWII Japanese Destroyer Odake in drydock at Maizuru Naval Base, Japan, October 13, 1945. She was under conversion (disarmed)...
More Wildcat Wednesday
More #WildcatWednesday with USS Ranger CV-4 on 10 October 1942 showing an #F4F-4 #Grumman #Wildcat of VF-41 being towed aft by a tow...
USS Monterey CVL-26 (1944)
#otd USS Monterey CVL-26 launches an F6F at the start of the Okinawa Raid. Note other planes being launched from carrier at left, 10...
