Torpedo bomber Avenger pilot from the 51st torpedo squadron (VT-51) of the USS San Jacinto escort aircraft carrier (CVL-30) Navy Lieutenant George Herbert Walker Bush (06/12/1924 - 11/30/2018), subsequently 41st U.S. President, preparing for departure; 1944.

Future President in the pilot seat

US Navy doctors examining wounded servicemen laying on  stretchers, brought aboard a ship, possibly a hospital ship; 1944.

Wounded brought on ship

US Navy sailors pay their final respects for a comrade during burial at sea, while the chaplain reads the prayer.