WW2 Photographs in Color | World War II Database

2,196 items in this album on 110 pages.


Chiang Kaishek inspecting the US Marines detachment of USS Midway, in the Taiwan Strait off Kinmen (Quemoy) island, Fujian Province, Republic of China, 1958; note US Navy Pacific Fleet commander Admiral Herbert Hopwood	USS Wasp, 1958

Portrait of Admiral Burke, 15 Dec 1958	One of the last photographs of the former USS Chester as she was towed out of the Philadelphia reserve fleet on her way to the breakers yard, 1959.

This B-17G Fortress saw no service during World War II but was purchased from surplus in 1947 and installed at this gas station in Milwaukie, Oregon with only 37 total hours on the engines, photo circa 1959.	Portrait of US President Dwight Eisenhower, 13 Feb 1959

Argentinean President Arturo Frondizi and US President Dwight Eisenhower, Bariloche, Argentina, Mar 1959	Emperor Showa, Crown Prince Akihito, Princess Michiko, and Empress Kojun of Japan at the wedding of Crown Prince Akihito and Princess Michiko, 10 Apr 1959

Portrait of Dwight Eisenhower, 29 May 1959	Chiang Kaishek and Song Meiling reviewing a parade at the Presidential Office Building, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, 1950s-1960s

GMC AFKWX 2 1/2-ton 6x6 transport truck, a predecessor to and cab-over version of the CCKW; post-war restoration	Official US Air Force portrait of Curtis LeMay, late 1950s or early 1960s

Oil on canvas painting of Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz, 1960	Puyi as a civilian, circa 1960s

USS Carbonero underway off Hawaii, United States, date unknown; note Diamond Head in background	USS Kawishiwi refueling destroyer USS Rogers and carrier USS Ticonderoga in the Western Pacific, 1960

UT-2 trainer aircraft on display, date unknown	A3D-2 Skywarrior of US Navy squadron VAH-4 Det.N taking off from USS Ticonderoga, Western Pacific, Mar-Oct 1960

USS Ticonderoga at Hong Kong, Mar-Oct 1960	USS Ticonderoga underway, Western Pacific, mid-1960