USS Block Island CVE 106 - F4U Corsair - 5 June 1945
USS Block Island (CVE 106), Marine Ordnance Man works on the .50 cal machine guns of a Vought F4U “Corsair”, on one of the ship’s elevators. Taken 5 June 1945, during operations off Okinawa.
Army Lynx Mk9A Door Gunner with .50 Cal Heavy Machine Gun
Trooper’s helmet of the Russian Imperial Guard
The Marines in the photo—from the Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit—were detonating an expedient charge during a multilateral training exercise on May 14.
Expand this stunning photograph to see the too-close-for-comfort explosion’s shockwave blowing off the dust from their uniforms.
Portrait of Sir John Sinclair by Henry Raeburn (c. 1795)
A corporal, probably on the staff of the 2nd Australian general hospital, holds a koala in Cairo
A-10 Thunderbolt II
Patrolling the perimeter of Sather Air Base, Baghdad, Dec 2011
