It's an intricate operation - installing a 30-calibre machine gun in a Navy PBY plane, but not too tricky for Jesse Rhodes Waller, Corpus Christi, Texas. He's a Georgia man who's been in the Navy 5-1/2 years. At the Naval Air Base he sees that the flying ships are kept in tip-top shape. Waller is an aviation ordnance mate; 1942 August; LC-USW361-85

Installing Machine Gun

J.D. Estes at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas; 1942 August; LC-USW361-84

Propaganda Shot

He's like to use that gun on the Axis. After seven years in the Navy, J.D. Estes is considered an old sea salt by his mates at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas; 1942 August; LC-USW361-86