Sailor at work in the electric engine control room of U.S.S. Batfish "SS-310" during her seventh w…

 Task Group 38.3 enter Ulithi anchorage after strikes against the Japanese Army and Navy in the Phi…

 USS Pennsylvania and battleship of Colorado class followed by three cruisers move in line into Lin…

 Ships of the fighting fleet in Ulithi Atoll, Foreground to background, aircraft carriers USS WASP,…

 U.S. Seventh Fleet under Vice Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid with 701 ships, including 157 warships. Th…

 Gun crews of a US Navy cruiser scan the skies for Japanese Kamikaze planes during the landing on M…

 Eyes of 20mm anti-aircraft gun crews of a Navy cruiser covering the Mindoro landing, strain to spo…

 Landing craft loaded with troops from U.S. Sixth Army sweep toward the beaches of Leyte Island as …

A line of Coast Guard landing crafts, sweeping through the waters of Lingayen Gulf, carries the firs…

General Douglas MacArthur wades ashore during initial landings at Leyte, October 1944.

 U.S. 1st Cavalry troops move into the sands of Leyte Island's beaches, after rushing ashore from t…

LST's on the beach unloading Marines and equipment ashore on Leyte Island, during the "Battle of Ley…

LST's bring in Marines and equipment ashore on Leyte Island in the Philippines, 1944.

Three Japanese snipers shoot it out with Marines during the battle for Leyte. 1944. PhoM1c. Harry R.…

Signpost at a crossroads in Tacloban on Leyte, names and places, 1944.

Crewman of a PT covering himself with soap prior to dive over side of ship in the Philippines. Decem…

Survivors of USS Princeton adrift in life boat at sea as seen from USS Cassin Young during the "Batt…

British and Australian survivors rescued by the USS Sealion during her Second Patrol near Balintang …

A submariner reading his favorite comic-strip during his break, the submarine mascot "pants" in the …

Radar scope on aircraft carrier prior to battle in South Pacific, July 4. 1944.

1st Lt. Phyllis Hocking adjusts glucose injection apparatus for a GI patient in the 36th Evac. Hospi…