Submarine warfare

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Hibbard, Hershel War’s End and Returning Home
Throughout summer of 1945, the Belleau Wood [Annotator's Note: USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24)] began launching its planes...
Giller, Edward West Coast to England
In April 1942, after received his pilot's wings, Edward Bonfoy Giller, Jr. was transferred to the newly built Paine...
Campbell, John What Roosevelt Knew and Did
John Scott Campbell feels that Roosevelt [Annotator's Note: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United...
Carraway, Myron Witness to Pearl Harbor Attack
Myron J. Carraway was waiting for breakfast when the Pearl Harbor attack began [Annotator's Note: Carraway was aboard...
Holleman, Louis Working with Marines
[Annotator's Note: There is a lot of background noise throughout this clip.] The invasion of Okinawa [Annotator's Note...
Landwehr, Carl Wounded in Brittany
Carl Landwehr arrived in Southampton, England on D-Day [Annotator's Note: the Allied invasion of Normandy on 6 June...
Johnson, Malcolm Wounded on Wake Island
Malcolm Johnson was a civilian contractor working on the airfield at Wake Island when the Japanese tried to land troops...
Downs, Raymond Writing his Memoirs
Raymond Downs and a historian wrote a book about the experience. He collected his mother's, father's, and sister's...
Roy, William Yorktown Photographer enters the War
William Roy had served in Battleship Division 5 in the Atlantic on the battleship Arkansas [Annotator's Note: USS...
Ross, Hartsel Young Man to Merchant Marine
Hartsel Ross joined the Maritime Services [Annotator's Note: the US Merchant Marine] in January 1944. He boarded a...
Astern of the geyser is the wake left by the German U-Boat as it maneuvered in vain attempt to dodge the explosives in April 1944
427. Photograph. 'File No: 209591 April 25, 1944 Navy planes sink U-Boat in two minutes! The enemy vessel is entirely...
Captured German 'one man submarine' on Anzio beachhead in April 1944
251.Photograph. '21 April 44. MM-5-44-3969. Fifth Army, Anzio Beachhead Area, Italy. Captured German 'one man submarine...
Captured German 'one man submarine' on Anzio beachhead in April 1944
198.Photograph. Fifth Army, Italy. Captured German 'one man submarine' converted from an ordinary torpedo from which...
Depth charge released from the bow of Patrol craft boat in Atlantic Ocean in 1942-43
Depth charge released from the bow of Patrol craft boat. "15 - photos - 5. General Release. January 25, 1943. Action...
Depth charge released from the bow of Patrol craft boat in Atlantic Ocean in 1942-43
"12650-010 Photos0-01265. General Release. January 25, 1943. Action aboard a PC boat on patrol duty with an Atlantic...
Engine room in American submarine in 1943
"File No: W-SUB-26-41780. June 8, 1943. Life aboard a U.S. Navy submarine. American submarines are powered by diesel...
German submarine after a hit by a U.S. torpedo in Atlantic Ocean in 1943
German submarine after a hit by a U.S. torpedo in Atlantic Ocean. "File No: W-ES-90-68715. July 16, 1943. Blasting Nazi...
German U-boat production, Germany
Photograph. Sections of a German U-boats in roofed scaffolding. Rhine River, Germany. No date
Japanese Merchant Shipping Losses Quarterly Totals 1942 1944 presented in July 1944
448.Photograph. Official U. S. Navy Chart 'File No: 45911 Japanese Merchant Shipping Losses Quarterly Totals 1942 1944...
Surfaced submarine fleet in the Pacific Ocean
Photograph. Surfaced USS Flying Fish, USS Spadefish, USS Tinosa, USS Bowfin, and the USS Skate underway. Official...
The stern of the German U-boat can be seen through the white veil after the being attacked by U.S. Navy carrier-based planes in April 1944
428.Photograph. 'File No: 209589 April 25, 1944 Navy planes sink U-Boat in two minutes! Another depth charge is dropped...
This is how a German U-Boat first appeared to the eyes of Lt. Wallace LaFleur of Lafayette, Louisiana during his patrol in April 1944
429.Photograph. 'File No: 209582 April 25, 1944 Navy planes sink U-Boat in two minutes! Cutting through the waters of...
U-boat construction, Germany
Photograph. Hull sections of a GermanU-boat in roofed scaffolding. Rhine River, Germany. No date
U-boat construction, Germany
Photograph. Bow section of a German U-boat in roofed scaffolding. Rhine River, Germany. No date
U-boat construction, Germany
Photograph. Aft section of a German U-boat in scaffolding and on rails. Rhine River, Germany. No date
U-boat construction, Germany
Photograph. Bow section of a German U-boat in roofed scaffolding. Personal caption on reverse: "Sub Plant on Rhine."...
U-boat crew aboard sinking German submarine in the Atlantic Ocean in 1943
"File No. R-ES-147-43638. Released: November 10, 1943. U.S.S. Card sub destruction record. Catching them two at a time...
U.S. Navy planes sink a German U-Boat in April 1944
426. Photograph. 'File No: 209584 April 25, 1944 Navy planes sink U-Boat in two minutes! Close-up of the U-Boat during...

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