Japanese torpedo bomber explodes in air after direct hit by 5 inch shell from U.S. aircraft carrier as it attempted an unsuccessful attack on carrier, off Kwajalein.  U.S.S. Yorktown, December 4, 1943.  CPhoM. Alfred N. Cooperman.  (Navy)
NARA FILE #:  080-G-415001
WAR &amp; CONFLICT BOOK #:  974

Japanese Airplane Shot Down

U.S. Navy seaman relaxes as two Coast Guardsmen scrape a thick coating of oil from his body.  The survivor's ship, the USS LANSDALE, was sunk by Nazi planes off the coast of North Africa.  April 1944.  (Coast Guard)
Exact Date Shot Unknown
NARA FILE #:  026-G-2140
WAR &amp; CONFLICT BOOK #:  951

Lone Survivor of Sunken Ship

Japanese attack on the USS ENTERPRISE, afternoon of 24 Aug 1942.  Third Japanese bomb hit on the flight deck of the ENTERPRISE.  The photographer lost his life while taking picture.  PhoM3c. Robert Frederick Read.  (Navy)
NARA FILE #:  080-G-17489
WAR &amp; CONFLICT BOOK #:  976