Newlyweds future President, Navy Lt. George H. W. Bush and Barbara Pierce at their wedding ceremony in Rye, New York - January 8, 1945.
 


Wartime wedding

Three Higgins LCVPs pull alongside the Harris-class attack transport USS Joseph T. Dickman (APA-13) during the embarkation phase of Operation Neptune.

Higgins boats

Carrier based Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless dive bomber of the 16th Bomber Squadron (VB-16), from the aircraft carrier "Lexington", in flight over the vicinity Dublon island, Central Pacific, Micronesia.