October 16, 1942: Six U.S. Navy scout planes are seen in flight above their carrier. (AP Photo) texag57


Turning for Home

August 7, 1942, a downed Japanese twin engine bomber. During the action in the Solomon Islands. One bomber crew member clings to the starboard wing.

Downed Jap Bomber

September 2, 1945: Gen. Douglas MacArthur signs the Japanese surrender documents aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. Lt. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright, left foreground, who surrendered Bataan to the Japanese, and British Lt. Gen. A. E. Percival, next to Wainwright, who surrendered Singapore, observe the ceremony marking the end of World War II.  texag57