Survivors of HMS Glowworm sit on the hull as they are being rescued by the German Heavy Cruiser KMS Admiral Hipper
Light cruiser USS Boise (CL-47) returns to the Philadelphia Naval Yard to repair damage sustained in the Battle of Cape Esperance, November 1942. Minutes before midnight off Guadalcanal on October 11th, an American task force under Rear Admiral Norman Scott intercepted and engaged a Japanese cruiser force under the command of Rear Admiral Aritomo Gotō. Boise helped sink the heavy cruiser Furutaka and destroyer Fubuki, also assisting in battering Gotō’s flagship Aoba. Less than 20 minutes after the battle had been joined, Boise was struck by eight 203mm shells from the cruiser Kinugasa. Boise’s forward magazines were flooded and several of her guns were put out of action, forcing the cruiser to break formation and leave the battle. The damage proved not to be fatal, however, and she was able to return home for repairs under her own power.
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A kamikaze strikes a
Fletcher-class destroyer, 1945.
“USS
Essex (CV-9): Japanese
Kamikaze aircraft explodes after crashing into the carrier’s flight deck amidships, during operations off the Philippines, 25 November 1944.
Photographed from USS
Langley (CVL-27).”
Two German StuG IIIs destroyed by artillery fire while parked near Wallendorf, Luxembourg. 1944.
PFC Julian H. Patrick, the driver of the M4A1W76 from F Company, 32nd Armored Regiment, 3rd Armored Division, KIA on 6 Mar 1945. The tank was hit by a Panther Ausf A from about 350m, the same one later taken out by the Pershing
A German soldier inspects a destroyed M4 Sherman
Captured Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa at Hollandia, New Guinea, circa 1943.
Couple gazing over Hiroshima during reconstruction efforts, 1946