July 22, 1943 – USS Canfield was commissioned. Named in honor of Ensign Leon W. Canfield, who was killed in action while serving aboard USS South Dakota at Guadalcanal. Canfield received two battle stars for her service in World War II. No photo credit available.
A Royal Navy convoy from Alexandria To Malta meets and engages Italian Warships in the Mediterranean on March 22, 1942. HMS Cleopatra (33) throws out smoke to shield the convoy as HMS Euryalus (42) elevates her forward 5.25 inch guns to shell the Italian Fleet. No photo credit available.
American troops advanced under the cover of M4 Sherman tank 'Lucky Legs II' during mop up operations on Bougainville, Solomon Islands, March 1944. No photo credit available.
Corporal Louis Peter Kontas of Malden, Mass., sounds Taps at a U.S. Marine cemetery on Okinawa, Japan on July 23, 1945, where are buried Marines who died in the assault on the island. Kontas himself was wounded during the fighting for Okinawa and holds the Purple Heart.