A U.S. tanker torpedoed by an Axis submarine. Despite a raging fire which sent columns of black oily smoke billowing into the sky, crew members were able to bring the flames under control, and the tanker was towed to port by a U.S. naval ship. Photo dates to circa 1942. Learn More

Photo shows Operations in North Africa by Allied air forces. A Royal Air Force high speed launch being directed by a low-flying Hurricane to the spot where a United States pilot is down off the North African Coast. Dated 1943. Learn More

Photograph shows double assembly line work at an aircraft production factory during World War II. Learn More

Photo shows Operations in North Africa by Allied air forces. With the aid of a little canvas, and an obsolete French bomber, an American task force has set up a very practical mess kitchen in North Africa. Left to right are Lieutenant E. T. McBoon of Canton, Illinois, and Ssergeant C. W. Moore of Houston, Texas, inspecting the kitchen. Corporal William G. Warrington, a cook from Jefferson, Texas, is preparing the meal. Dated 1943. Learn More

Photograph shows Her left wing and engine nacelle riddled by anti-aircraft fire, this B-26 (Martin Marauder) of the United States Army Air forces flies back and makes a safe belly landing after a bombing raid in Tunisia. Photo dates to 1943. Learn More

Photo shows Relocation departure, Manzanar Relocation Center; photograph by Ansel Adams, 1943. Group of men gathered around a bus packed with passengers and luggage say farewell, snow on the ground. On December 7, 1941, Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Fear of a Japanese invasion and of subversive acts by Japanese Americans prompted President Franklin D. Roosevelt to sign Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942. <BR><BR>The order designated the West Coast as a military zone from which "any or all persons may be excluded." Although not specified in the order, Japanese Americans were singled out for evacuation. More than 110,000 people of Japanese ancestry were removed from California, southern Arizona, and western Washington and Oregon and sent to ten relocation camps. Learn More

Photo shows Operations in North Africa by Allied air forces. Mitchell B-26 bombers of the United States Army Air Forces and Baltimore bombers of the South African air forces flying together in formation on their way to attack Rommel&#39;s position in North Africa. Dated 1943. Learn More

Photo shows wounded soldiers waiting at a portable hospital for evacuation in Australia. This old war photo dates to between 1939 and 1945. Learn More

Photo shows wooden sign at entrance to Manzanar, Manzanar War Relocation Center, CA; photograph by Ansel Adams, 1943.<br><br>On December 7, 1941, Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Fear of a Japanese invasion and of subversive acts by Japanese Americans prompted President Franklin D. Roosevelt to sign Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942. The order designated the West Coast as a military zone from which "any or all persons may be excluded." Although not specified in the order, Japanese Americans were singled out for evacuation. More than 110,000 people of Japanese ancestry were removed from California, southern Arizona, and western Washington and Oregon and sent to ten relocation camps. Learn More