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A juvenile female Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) forages in front of the Chugach office among the fallen nuts

A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) rests on the appropriately named Turtle Beach

wildlife reptiles

Two juvenile Laysan albatrosses (Phoebastria immutabilis) observe a sailboat attempting to enter the Refuge

Two pairs of black-footed albatrosses (Phoebastria nigripes) shortly after returning to Midway for the breeding season

Portrait of a juvenile red-footed booby (Sula sula)

Close-up of an adult male Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis)

Close-up of a juvenile Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis)

Beautiful blue water in Midway's lagoon

A Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) in front of the Volunteer House, where I lived

A white tern (Gygis alba) checks me out

Looking south from the north side of the harbor entrance

landscape water

A white tern (Gygis alba) parent waits for its fledging chick to return for a meal

A school of yellow-striped goatfish (Parupeneus chrysopleuron) swims through Midway's fringing reef

A male great frigatebird (Fregata minor) in flight

NOAA/USFWS field staff on Laysan and Lisianski Islands and Pearl & Hermes Reef, facing two hurricanes and a supertyphoon, are evacuated to Midway Atoll by two MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft from U.S. Marine Corps Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163.

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Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula, Jodocus Hondius II, circa 1636

jodocus hondius ii, nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula, 1636 eran laor cartographic collection

Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula, Jodocus Hondius II, circa 1636

jodocus hondius ii, nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula, 1636 eran laor cartographic collection

Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula. A. J. Bormeester., 1685 (undated)

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The angry Sea.

landscape water

SC 374824 - Patrol from the 164th Inf. Regt. starting out to set up an OP in Jap-held territory. Cebu island, P.I. 9 April, 1945.

23rd infantry division pacific theater

SC 171607 - First Island Command, New Caledonia. P-39 P-5 photo ship which was crashed into by Moth while landing at airfield. 4 January, 1943.

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SC 364611 - Soldiers from Co. A, 145th Inf., 37th Div., in position on a hillside where they had the Japs surrounded.

37th infantry division pacific theater

C-842 - The airport control tower is located in this junked B-24. The control man stands in the space once occupied by the top gun turret. Alaska.

color photo usaaf

USS Salt Lake City (CA-25) bombarding a Japanese-held island in February 1942 (NH 50946)

historical history

USS Makin Island (CVE-93) enters floating drydock ABSD-6 at Guam on 8 June 1945 (NH 99118)

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Plumeria (Frangipani)

Blue Basin at Fossil Beds NM in OR

Blue Basin at Fossil Beds NM in OR

Col. Franklin A. Hart (sitting) commander of the 24th Marines of Eufala, Alabama, talks over the frontline situation with one of his front line officers Major Fricke, Richmond, Virginia.

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C-846 - American military personnel encase a new shipment of extra gas tanks used by P-39s to give them further flying range.

color photo usaaf

SC 184828 - Troops of the 163rd Infantry Regiment of the 41st Divsion are shown aboard a transport plane somewhere in New Guinea. 10 July, 1943.

41st infantry division pacific theater

Battleship Missouri.

SC 171605 - First Island Command, New Caledonia. P-39 P-5 photo ship which was crashed into by Moth while landing at airfield. 4 January, 1943.

new caledonia usaaf

USS Louisville (CA-28) off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 17 December 1943 (19-N-57222)

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USS Claxton (DD-571) off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 13 May 1944 (19-N-66231)

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USS Lunga Point (CVE-94) and USS Makin Island (CVE-93) in a Western Pacific storm off Wakayama, Japan, circa 3-7 October 1945

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Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula, Jodocus Hondius II, circa 1636

jodocus hondius ii, nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula, 1636 eran laor cartographic collection

Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula, Jodocus Hondius II, circa 1636

jodocus hondius ii, nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula, 1636 eran laor cartographic collection

Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula, Jodocus Hondius II, circa 1636

jodocus hondius ii, nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula, 1636 eran laor cartographic collection

Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula, Jodocus Hondius II, circa 1636

jodocus hondius ii, nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula, 1636 eran laor cartographic collection

Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula, Jodocus Hondius II, circa 1636

jodocus hondius ii, nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula, 1636 eran laor cartographic collection

Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula, Jodocus Hondius II, circa 1636

jodocus hondius ii, nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula, 1636 eran laor cartographic collection

Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula, Jodocus Hondius II, circa 1636

jodocus hondius ii, nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula, 1636 eran laor cartographic collection

USS Regulus (AF-57) aground in Hong Kong, in 1971

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Pacific Fleet Battleships - NH 45052

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USS Pringle (DD-477) in Purvis Bay, in August 1943 (80-G-56826)

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U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid, Commander, North Pacific Force, 1943 (22228768043)

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SC 190565-S - S/Sgt Floyd A. Ott, Jerone, Idaho, of 41st D…

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USS Hornet (CV-8) and USS Long Island (AVG-1) at Pearl Harbor, 1 August 1942 (NH 83996)

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The (Japanese) that surrendered at Kerama Retto, Ryukyu Islands. - NARA - 520680

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USS Louisville (CA-28) off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 26 May 1942 (19-N-30497)

historical history

USS Wahoo (SS-238) off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California (USA), on 14 July 1943 (19-N-48937)

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USS Louisville (CA-28) off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 17 December 1943 (19-N-57222) (cropped)

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USS New Orleans (CA-32) off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California (USA), on 8 March 1945 (19-N-80227)

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Wonderland Trail in WA

landscape nature

Ke'anae Peninsula Maui.

Hawaiian squirrelfish or Striped Squirrelfish.

underwater fish

SC 171602 - First Island Command, New Caledonia. P-39 P-5 photo ship crashed into by Moth while it was landing in an airfield in New Guinea. 4 January, 1943.

new caledonia usaaf

SC 184767 - Capt. R. M. Martin of Saint Mary's, Idaho; Col. William Jackson of Portland, Oregon; at gun position in New Guinea.

pacific theater communication

SC 364605 - A 40mm gun of the 251st CA (AA), 14th Corps, on Bougainville. In background can be seen Mt Bagana, 6560 feet, an active volcano.

anti-aircraft guns pacific theater

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) sits in a dead branch

A less common tern species, probably a little tern or least tern, flies over Catchment

A Hawaiian monk seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi) swims in Midway's lagoon. Photo taken from a distance of at least 50 feet.

animals mammals

Plastic bursts from an albatross carcass as it decomposes. This particular bird had 558 pieces of plastic in its stomach when it died, which was likely the cause.

A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) swims beneath the Cargo Pier

underwater animals

An ornate butterflyfish (Chaetodon ornatissimus) swims through Midway's fringing reef

Two U.S. Coast Guard C-130 aircraft parked in front of the NAF Hangar

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A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) swims in Midway's lagoon

A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) hauls up on the appropriately named Turtle Beach

A mother white tern (Gygis alba) and her chick, conveniently located on my walk to the Clipper House dining hall

Two U.S. Coast Guard C-130 aircraft parked in front of the NAF Hangar

aircraft vehicle

A safety vehicle approaches United Airlines Flight 201 after the pilot made an emergency landing on Midway due to an electrical fire

Fish swimming through Midway's fringing reef

Waikiki Sunset Honolulu.

Sea Turtle

wildlife animals

A mural on a wall in Maui.

underwater blue

SC 364577 - 40mm gun position 199th AAA and AW Bn., Btry. C, Sec 4, located on the beach near the Torokina River, Bougainville.

anti-aircraft guns pacific theater

SC 171601-R - Overall view of part of new prison camp for Japanese prisoners as new prisoners move in. First Island Command, New Caledonia. 7 January, 1943.

prisoner of war new caledonia

SC 405107 - The first step in the making of a batch of bread, the weighing out of the ingredients, is done by T/4 Clarence Benson of the 272nd QM Bakery on Kiska. 14 January, 1944.

pacific theater chow

Originator of the idea to use ox-drawn carts to haul ammo, water and medical supplies to U.S. Marines fighting fighting in the hills of Saipan where modern trucks and jeeps could not go...

mariana islands usmc

SC 166664 - Evacuation of wounded is sped up by the use of transport planes regularly flying between the advance clearing stations.

army medical department pacific theater

SC 170689 - Men unloading foodstuffs from row boat preparatory to carrying it thru jungle path, somewhere in New Guinea. November 13, 1942.

32nd infantry division pacific theater

Oahu Landscape.

SC 171604 - First Island Command, New Caledonia. P-39 P-5 photo ship crashed with the Moth while landing at an airfield in New Caledonia. 4 January, 1943.

new caledonia usaaf

Bringing home the chicken: Pfc. Michael Sigal, Jersey City, N.J., and Pvt. Vincent Tavano, Bronx N.Y. swing a chicken as they head along railroad tracks toward a roasting pit.

mariana islands usmc

SC 171605 - First Island Command, New Caledonia. P-39 P-5 photo ship crashed with the Moth while landing at an airfield in New Caledonia. 4 January, 1943.

new caledonia usaaf

SC 334885 - Men of B Btry., 163rd AAA Bn., grouped around the barrel of their 90mm AA gun named "Tojo Special".

pacific theater group portrait

SC 171606 - First Island Command, New Caledonia. P-39 P-5 photo ship crashed with the Moth while landing at an airfield in New Caledonia. 4 January, 1943.

new caledonia usaaf

SC 195586-S - Members of F Troop, 7th Regt., 1st Cav. Div., are pinned down after getting 50 feet inland from White Beach, Leyte Island, P.I., while heading for San Jose. 21 October, 1944.

1st cavalry division pacific theater

Close-up of an adult female Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis)

A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) rests on the appropriately named Turtle Beach, next to a friendly crab

A U.S. Coast Guard C-130 takes off from Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge

aircraft flight

Brown noddies (Anous stolidus) perch on the remnants of a seawall near Rusty Bucket

Bullethead parrotfish (Chlorurus sordidus) swim through Midway's fringing reef

A Hawaiian monk seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi) rolls on the beach. Photo taken from a distance of at least 50 feet.

wildlife animals

Ultra-long exposure of the Milky Way over the Midway sign by the cargo pier (attempt #2)

A Hawaiian monk seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi) rests on the beach. Photo taken from a distance of at least 50 feet.

Naupaka (Scaevola sericea) and the remnants of a pier on West Beach

A white tern (Gygis alba) chick attempts to swallow an extremely large meal brought back by one of its parents

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