A young Panamanian girl gives water to an American soldier to drink during a US Army exercise in Panama in 1942.

Water to a GI

A Browning water cooled machine gun on a runway at Wheeler Field, Oahu, in the Hawaiian Islands. Early in December 1941 all the U.S. troops, including antiaircraft batteries, were returned to their stations from field maneuvers to await the signal for riot duty. Trouble was expected, and while Japanese diplomats in Washington talked peace, their Pearl Harbor Striking Force was moving eastward toward Hawaii. During this movement the fleet maintained radio silence and was not detected as it approached the islands.

Browning .50 caliber AA machinegun

American paratroopers look at a incoming British Airspeed Horsa glider, bringing in reinforcements at Wesel.