Photos Taken on 01 May 1943 | World War II Database


Carrier Unyo en route between Truk in the Caroline Islands and Yokosuka, Japan, early May 1943	Commander Joseph Willingham reading his orders to assume command of submarine USS Bowfin at her commissioning, 1 May 1943, Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States.	Indianapolis at Mare Island Navy Yard, California, view of her after midships area from the starboard side, 1 May 1943	Indianapolis at Mare Island Navy Yard, California, view of her after starboard midships area, 1 May 1943

Indianapolis at Mare Island Navy Yard, California, view of her after superstructure and hull from the starboard side, heavy cruiser Minneapolis in background, 1 May 1943	Indianapolis at Mare Island Navy Yard, California, view of her after superstructure from the starboard side, 1 May 1943	Indianapolis at Mare Island Navy Yard, California, view of her bow from starboard side, with heavy cruiser Minneapolis in background, 1 May 1943	Jeep, WC-4 truck, and 37 mm Gun M3 of US 811th Tank Destroyer Battalion, Camp Carson, Colorado, United States, 1 May 1943

Note the broad wings of the TBF Avenger, the largest US carrier plane of WWII, as it makes its take-off run down the flight deck of the Light Carrier USS Independence, Caribbean Sea, 1 May 1943.	Soviet A-19 field gun being towed by a tractor in the village of Izvekova, Russia, 1 Mar 1943; note Kazan Church in background