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Photo # 80-G-420926: F4U-4B fighters aboard USS Philippine Sea during strikes on Korean targets, October 1950 Online Library of Selected Images --
Picture of the Month Gallery for 1999

This page features all images used in 1999 as the Online Library's "Picture of the Month".

For later "Pictures of the Month", see: Picture of the Month Gallery

For earlier "Pictures of the Month", see: Picture of the Month Gallery, 1998

To the best of our knowledge, all Online Library pictures are in the public domain, and can therefore be freely downloaded and used for any purpose without requesting permission.

If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions.


December 1999 Picture of the Month:

Demolition of port facilities at Hungnam, North Korea, as UN Forces complete their evacuation, 24 December 1950.


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November 1999 Picture of the Month:

Crewmen working in a snowstorm, on board USS Philippine Sea (CV-47) off Korea, 17 November 1950.


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October 1999 Picture of the Month:

South Korean YMS-516 is blown up by a magnetic mine, during sweeping operations off Wonsan, 18 October 1950.


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September 1999 Picture of the Month:

Marine 1st Lt. Baldomero Lopez leads his men over the Inchon seawall, 15 September 1950.


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August 1999 Picture of the Month:

Vought F4U-4B fighters aboard USS Philippine Sea (CV-47) during strikes on Korean targets, October 1950.


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June-July 1999 Picture of the Month:

USS Wedderburn fires her five-inch guns at a target drone, August 1964.


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May 1999 Picture of the Month:

Grumman F3F-3 fighters, from USS Yorktown's Fighting Squadron Five, over Southern California, circa 1939-40.


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April 1999 Picture of the Month:

Battle of Midway survivor Ensign George H. Gay at Pearl Harbor Naval Hospital, with a nurse and a newspaper featuring accounts of the battle, June 1942.


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March 1999 Picture of the Month:

Allied prisoners of war at Aomori POW camp, near Yokohama, Japan, cheer as U.S. Navy forces arrive to liberate them, 29 August 1945.


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February 1999 Picture of the Month:

USS Missouri in Japanese waters at the end of World War II. Mount Fuji is framed by her bow and anchor chain.


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January 1999 Picture of the Month:

Color photograph of USS Missouri during her shakedown cruise, August 1944.


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For earlier "Pictures of the Month", see: Picture of the Month Gallery, 1998

For later "Pictures of the Month", see: Picture of the Month Gallery

If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions.


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