Airplanes, Military

The wreckage of a glider is near the beach in Sicily during the Allied invasion of the island. Troops standing near the gilder are unidentified.

Secretary of Army Frank Pace (foreground second from left) walks away from an airplane with an unidentified man (left) and an unidentified army officer (center) in Leghorn, Italy. The others in the photograph are unidentified. From the album, United States Forces in Austria, Logistical Command.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (left) is greeting an unidentified United States Army officer in Leghorn, Italy after exiting an airplane. Others in the background are unidentified. From the album, United States Forces in Austria, Logistical Command.

Exterior view of 12 airplanes in formation. The airplanes were part of a formal military exchange ceremony in which time the United States Navy turned over two destroyers and six gunboats to the Italian Navy. The location of the event is the Italian port of Brindisi, just 70 miles from Soviet dominated Albania.

View of United States Air Force airplane and airport arrival of dignitaries to attend the ceremony held in Brindisi, Italy, to formally turn over to the Italian Navy two U.S. destroyers and six gunboats. Shown filing by Italian soldiers is U.S. Ambassador to Italy (1946-1952) James C. Dunn on the left. Walking next to him is the Italian Minister of Defense Randolfo Pacciardi. Directly behind Ambassador Dunn is Congressman Joseph W. Martin, Jr.

Vice President-elect Alben W. Barkley (right) shakes hands with Captain Robert Dennison (left) as he steps off the airplane at Boca Chica, Florida, to join President Harry S. Truman's vacation party at the Little White House, Key West, Florida. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative

Vice President-Elect Alben Barkley (foreground, right) arrives at Boca Chica, Florida, on a Navy R-4-D aircraft to join President Harry S. Truman on his vacation. He was escorted to President Harry S. Truman's quarters by Captain Robert Dennison (foreground, left). All others are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

A group of unidentified men parachuting from a transport plane.

An unidentified man jumps out of a transport plane.

An unidentified man parachutes from a transport plane.