First ship constructed for peacetime commerce at Kearny, New Jersey, 1945

Photograph. Cargo ship in dock; two workers looking on. Official Caption: "Rome, 8/29/45--U.S.

First Soviet tank to enter Berlin on display in the Tiergarten in Germany in the winter of 1945/46

Soviet T-34 medium tank on display in postwar Berlin in the Tiergarten. "1st Russian tank to enter Berlin." Berlin, Germany.

First strike at Pearl Harbor

First taste of real democracy in the United States - dating in Spokane

First Temple of Hera in Paestum, Italy, 1943-44

First Temple of Hera. "Old ruins near Paestum, Italy."'See also 2009.278.915, 2009.278.1185. Paestum, Italy. 1943-44

First US convoy on Ledo Road

Photograph. Convoy of United States military trucks driving down Ledo Road [Stilwell Road] or Burma Road into the valley below.

Fish monger pulling hand-drawn cart on cobblestone street in London, May/June 1944

Fish monger pulling hand-drawn cart loaded with boxes up cobblestone street."Fish handler, London."”London, England. May/June 1944

Fish trap in a rice paddy field, Philippines, 1945

Photograph. Reed fish trap on the edge of a rice paddy field. Manila, Philippines. 1945

Fish-processing factory, Iceland

Photograph. Side of the Haraldur Böðvarsson & Co. fish processing factory; residential buildings are in the background.

Fishermen in New Caledonia in 1944-45

8.Photograph. Native New Caledonian fishermen wearing goggles and fishing spears, another man wears U.S. military clothes and holds a hatchet.

Fishermen on the riverbank, Paris

Photograph. People sitting and fishing on side of the Seine River in Paris. Bridges span river in background. Paris. No date

Fishermen stretch out a large net on a beach, Hawaii

Photograph. Fishermen stretch out a large net on a beach. Hawaii. No date