Bombs

A fiery blossom of death, the napalm jellied gasoline mixture is an aerial hot-foot well calculated to make destruction complete. Exploding with a lumpish "whoompf", the bomb completely consumes an "enemy" target as shown in this photo, taken at the Marine Corps Training School at Quantico, Virginia.

Four Grumman F7F Tigercats begin to pull out of their dive after screaming in to attack their objective with simulated demolition bombs. A geyser of water and sand spouts skyward during the detonation. This was taken at the Marine Corps Training School at Quantico, Virginia.

Airplanes dropping bombs.

Bombs being released over an unknown location during World War II.

Bombs are released during an attack over an unknown location.

This photograph shows Stanton Griffis's desk sometime after the Wall Street bomb exploded on September 16, 1920. Apparently, one of the two paperweights on top of the notebook is a piece of iron used to make the bomb that came through the window and landed on his desk taking a chunk of mahogany with it. Fortunately he was a few minutes late for work that day because of a dog he was caring for. The iron became his favorite paperweight.

Back of World War II era bomber jacket, showing aircraft and bombs. This photo was taken at the Harry S. Truman Appreciation Society program at the Harry S. Truman Library, where Paul W. Tibbets, Jr., spoke and had a book signing. Mr. Tibbets was the pilot who flew the airplane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Donor: Ed Ireland.

Snapshot of France during WW I probably taken by Eben Ayers who was stationed there one year. Mine crater. Le Four de Paris. (40 feet deep)

Snapshot of France during World War I, probably taken by Eben Ayers who was stationed there one year. La Four de Paris. Mine Crater.

On the Kaiserplatz, Berlin, Germany, a church appears unscathed although surrounded by buildings destroyed or damaged by bombing during World War II. From: Barney Ricketts, HLS-BOLD Offices, 4400 W. 107th St., Overland Park, Kansas 66207