October 1942
F.W. Hunter, Army test pilot
October 1942
Women at work on C-47 Douglas cargo transport
June 1942
Original caption: Woman aircraft worker, Vega Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, Calif. Shown checking electrical assemblies. Photo: David Bransby
Between 1941 and 1945
New types protective clothing were invented, like clothing and gas masks for chemical warfare
August 1944
Crowds of French patriots line the Champs Elysees to view Allied tanks and half tracks pass through the Arc du Triomphe, after Paris was liberated on August 25, 1944
Between 41 and 45
Marine Corps Major in summer uniform
Between 1941 and 1945
Marine Corps Captain in dress blue uniform.
Between 1941 and 1945
Inspecting of landing wheel of the transport planes at Willow Run
December 1940
Headlines posted in street-corner window of a newspaper office (Brockton Enterprise) in Massachusetts.
Between 1941 and 1945
Marine Corps Major in dress white uniform. Photo: Howard Hollem
Between 1941 and 1945
Between 1941 and 1945
Original caption: Color guard of Negro engineers, Ft. Belvoir(?), [Va.]
Between 1941 and 1945
"Women in white" like Mildred Webb learned to operate cutting machines, and after about eight weeks as an apprentice they would be eligible for a civil service job
October 1942
Working with the electric wiring at Douglas Aircraft Company
March 1943
The photographer of this image of a camouflage class at New York University was also a women, Marjory Collins.
Between 1941 and 1945
Jesse Rhodes Waller, A.O.M., third class, prepared for a fight by installing and testing 30-caliber machine guns on Navy planes at a base in Corpus Christi, Texas
May 1943
It wasn't all dreary factory work - these young people enjoy the sunshine at the Garden of the Pan American Union Building in Washington, DC. Photo: John Collier
1941 to 1945
High school students received training for specific contributions to the war effort, like learning about propeller characteristics.
October 1942
Lieutenant "Mike" Hunter, Army pilot assigned to Douglas Aircraft Company.
Between 1941 and 1945
Elizabeth Little, mother of two, is seen spraying small parts for the US Army Air Corps in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
October 1942
A C47 transport plane in California. Identity of man is unknown.
October 1942
Original caption: A noontime rest for a full-fledged assembly worker at the Long Beach, Calif., plant of Douglas Aircraft Company. Nacelle parts for a heavy bomber form the background.
October 1940
Schools didn't open until potatoes were harvested!
October 1942
Original caption: Girl inspectors at the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company make a careful check of center wings for C-47 transport planes.
Between 1941 and 1945
Student pilots learn how to operate a parachute at Fort Worth in Texas.
Between 1941 and 1945
Virginia Davis, here, was trained as a riveter and eventually became a supervisor.
October 1942
Annette del Sur publicising a salvage campaign in yard of Douglas Aircraft Company. Photo: Alfred T Palmer
May 1942
Marine with the training gliders at Page Field. Photo: Alfred T Palmer.
Between 1941 and 1945
Some M-4 tank crews had their laughs as they trained at Fort Knox, Kentucky
Between 1941 and 1945
The bombs, like the one held here by J.D. Estes, were getting bigger and heavier.
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