Search Results
- IDNO:
- 038879
- Title:
- Horseshoe Run Near Lead Mine Camp, Tucker County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1936
- IDNO:
- 038880
- Title:
- International Allied Armistice Day Rodeo, Meiji Stadium, Tokyo, Occupied Japan
- Date:
- 1945 / Fall
- Description:
- Post World War II rodeo, the first held in the far east, included an air show, a parade of horses, bands, floats and carriages. The entertainment was provided by the United States Military.
- IDNO:
- 038881
- Title:
- International Allied Armistice Day Rodeo, Meiji Staduim, Tokyo, Occupied Japan
- Date:
- 1945 / Fall
- Description:
- Post World War II rodeo, the first held in the far east. The photograph shows a white horse with "cowboy" rider. The horse is identified on the back as "Togo's horse". It could possibly be Hideki Tojo's horse, the Japanese Minister of War, who owned and rode a beautiful white horse.
- IDNO:
- 038884
- Title:
- Memorial for World War II Correspondent Ernie Pyle, Ie Shima Island, Okinawa, Japan
- Date:
- 1945
- Description:
- Ernie Pyle was an "embedded" reporter who wrote from the trenches, during world War II. His columns were popular because he focused on the GIs fighting the war. He was killed by Japanese machine gun fire on the island of Ie Shima, Okinawa. The inscription on the memorial reads, " At This Spot The 77th Division Lost A Buddy, Ernie Pyle, 18 April 1945".
- IDNO:
- 038885
- Title:
- 443rd Fighter Squadron in Pacific Theater During World War II
- Date:
- ca. 1945
- Description:
- Cecil Teets' outfit, U. S. Army Air Force. Men in the photograph are not identified.
- IDNO:
- 038886
- Title:
- Men in 443rd Fighter Squadron, United States Army Air Force During World War II
- Date:
- ca. 1944
- Description:
- The unidentified men shown here relaxing, were part of Cecil Teets' outfit which served in the Pacific Theater.
- IDNO:
- 038887
- Title:
- Men of 443rd Fighter Squadron, United States Army Air Force During World War II
- Date:
- ca. 1944
- Description:
- Unidentified members of Cecil Teets' outfit which served in the Pacific Theater.
- IDNO:
- 038888
- Title:
- C - 46 Transport Aircraft of United States Army Air Force During World War II
- Date:
- ca. 1945
- Description:
- A C-46 Transport Aircraft sits on a runway somewhere in the Pacific during World War II.
- IDNO:
- 038889
- Title:
- C-46 Transport Aircrafts in Flight During World War II
- Date:
- ca. 1945
- Description:
- This photograph was taken from another aircraft flying in the same formation, note the open window/vent on the right.
- IDNO:
- 038890
- Title:
- Douglas A-26 Invader Attack Bombers in Flight During World War II
- Date:
- ca. 1945
- Description:
- A-26 Invader Attack Bombers flying in a tight formation somewhere in the Pacific Theater during World War II.