USS Yorktown (CV-5) making 17.5 knots astern during her preliminary standardization trials off Rockland, Maine, 12-21 July 1937. CV’s of this class were required to make good speed astern to allow landing planes over the bow and launching over the stern, if necessary. Comment Vintage Source
A U.S. Marine listens to the heartbeat of a dying buddy who suffered head wounds when the company’s lead platoon was hit with enemy machine gun fire. They had been pushing through a rice paddy just short of the demilitarized zone in South Vietnam, September 17, 1967 Comment Vintage Source
US Army lieutenant Ralph W. Hoffman smiles, looking at the artwork on the side of his M4 Sherman, the Belle of Little Rock, Italy, January 15, 1944. 2 Comments Vintage Source
Bud and Temple, aged 14 and 10, bought an Indian Motorcycle with money they earned from riding on horseback adventures across the USA. c.1912 . 3 Comments Vintage Source
