THE MEN OF WORLD WAR II

An employee in the drill-press section of North American's huge machine shop runs mounting holes in a large dural casting, Inglewood, Calif. October 1942. (Source: Library of Congress)

Jesse Rhodes Waller, A.O.M., third class, tries out a 30-calibre machine gun he has just installed on a Navy plane, Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. August 1942 (Source: Library of Congress)

Coast Guardsman standing watch over 78-foot torpedo boat. Continual watch is kept. Higgins Industries, Inc., New Orleans, La. July 1942. (Source: Library of Congress)

Marine lieutenant, glider pilot in training, ready for take-off, at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C. May 1942. (Source: Library of Congress)

Tank driver, Ft. Knox, Ky. June 1942. (Source: Library of Congress)

An experimental scale model of the B-25 plane is prepared for wind tunnel tests in the plant of the North American Aviation, Inc., Inglewood, Calif. October 1942. (Source: Library of Congress)

A good American non-com at the side machine gun of a huge YB-17 bomber. May 1942 (Source: Library of Congress)

As an NYA trainee working inside the nose of a PBY, Elmer J. Pace is learning the construction of Navy planes, Corpus Christi, Naval Air Base, Texas. August 1942 (Source: Library of Congress)

After seven years in the Navy, J.D. Estes is considered an old sea salt by his mates at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. August 1942 (Source: Library of Congress)

Mechanic, motor maintenance section, Ft. Knox, Ky. June 1942. (Source: Library of Congress)

Riveter at work at the Douglas Aircraft Corporation plant in Long Beach, Calif. October 1942 (Source: Library of Congress)

Av. Cadet Thanas at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. August 1942. (Source: Library of Congress)

Ens[ign] Noressey and Cadet Thenics at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. August 1942. (Source: Library of Congress)

NYA employees receiving training in the Assembly and Repair Dept., U.S. Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. August 1942. (Source: Library of Congress)

Cadet L. Deitz at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. August 1942. (Source: Library of Congress)

A hydraulic mechanic greasing the landing gear of a transport, before the plane leaves the last station on the assembly line at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas. October 1942 (Source: Library of Congress)

At the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. August 1942 (Source: Library of Congress)

J.D. Estes at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. August 1942 (Source: Library of Congress)