Testing a Gun Turret at the Glenn L. Martin Plant, 1943
A glass-domed machine gun turret is tested on its stand at the Glenn L. Martin plant near Baltimore in 1943, before going into a PBM Mariner flying boat.
A glass-domed machine gun turret is tested on its stand at the Glenn L. Martin plant near Baltimore in 1943, before going into a PBM Mariner flying boat.
Steward’s Mate Miles Davis King carries a loaded magazine to his 20mm gun aboard USS Tulagi on the way to the invasion of southern France, August 1944.
Future president Gerald Ford jumps for the ball in a game on the forward elevator of the carrier USS Monterey in June 1944. The court was his idea.
Seabees of the 76th Construction Battalion haul a 30-ton boulder to build the two-mile Glass Breakwater at Apra Harbor, Guam, in August 1945. Its story.
A round Navy radar screen laid over the men who read it, about 1944 to 1945. How the PPI screen worked and how radar plot became the Combat Information Center.
Steward’s Mate James Lee Frazer reads his Bible below decks the night before a Navy raid on Manila Bay in World War II. The restored photo and its story.
A detailed map of Fisherville, Pennsylvania, showing every building in its true location, the roads by name, and shaded topographical relief.
A detailed map of Shelltown, Pennsylvania, showing every building in its true location, the roads by name, and shaded topographical relief.
A detailed map of Casanova, Pennsylvania, showing every building in its true location, the roads by name, and shaded topographical relief.
A detailed map of Shellytown, Pennsylvania, showing every building in its true location, the roads by name, and shaded topographical relief.
A detailed map of Burnside, Arizona, showing every building in its true location, the roads by name, and shaded topographical relief.
A detailed map of Dales, California, showing every building in its true location, the roads by name, and shaded topographical relief.