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Transporting the dead from Wakde Island, New Guinea, 1944
Photograph, aerial. United States Army soldiers carrying the bodies of dead on a beach towards a LCVP [Landing Craft,...
Two beheaded Japanese heads on table. PTO. 1945
Photograph. Two beheaded Japanese heads on table. Personal caption on photo front: "Scratch two- Good Japs"” and on...
Two cautionary tombstones about finding protection from incoming fire in the European countryside in 1944 or 1945
Slide. Two cautionary tombstones about finding protection from incoming fire in the European countryside, one reading ‘...
Two full barracks bags and random boots litter the shore after the invasion of Talesea, New Britain in September 1944
Two full barracks bags and random boots litter shore after the invasion of Talesea. "Unclaimed barracks bags on beach...
Two U.S. Marines stand over a dead Japanese soldier, 1945
Photograph. Two U.S. Marines stand over a dead Japanese soldier. Unknown location. 1945
Two US soldiers examine the body of a deceased German soldier, France, 1944
Photograph. Two US soldiers examine the body of a deceased German soldier. Official caption on photo front: "7/MM-44-...
U.S. servicemen looking at rows of bodies of dead concentration camp victims, Buchenwald, Germany, May 1945
Photograph. U.S. servicemen looking at hundreds of bodies of dead concentration camp victims laid out on the ground...
U.S. Soldier standing guard near coffins, ETO, 1945
Photograph. Close up view of U.S. soldier of the 34th Infantry Division standing at parade rest with an M-1 Garand...
Unburied dead, 1945
Photograph. Bloated Japanese corpses in a pile on unknown Pacific Island. 1945
United States servicemen and decomposing German soldier's body, North Africa, 1942-43
Two unidentified United States servicemen looking at decomposing German soldier's body in desert. See also 2009.278.299...
United States servicemen and decomposing German soldier's body, North Africa, 1942-43
Two unidentified United States servicemen looking at decomposing German soldier's body in desert. See also 2009.278....
US Army soldier advancing through enemy fire, Germany, 1945
Photograph. United States Army soldier running with a machine gun past the corpse of another soldier in a ditch; a jeep...
US Army soldier severely injured from a booby-trap Sicily, 1943
Photograph. Severely injured United States Army soldier lying on the ground and grasping his right arm while two other...
US Army soldier shooting at a Japanese sniper, Philippines
Photograph. United States Army soldier shooting at a sniper while lying in prone position; a dead soldier is lying on...
US Army soldiers advancing past a dead soldier, Philippines, 1945
Photograph. Armed United States Army soldiers advancing along the base of a hillside past the body of a dead American...
US Army soldiers advancing through Bischwiller, France, 1944
Photograph. United States Army soldiers walking down a city street past the body of a dead American soldier on a...
US Army soldiers and M10 tank destroyer firing at German forces near Paris, France, 1944
Photograph. Two United States Army soldiers taking cover behind a low wall near a M10 tank destroyer firing at German...
US Marine burial service, Kwajalein Atoll, 1944
Photograph. United States Marine playing a bugle near multiple graves while other Marines stand with their heads bowed...
US Marine funeral service, New Britain, 1943
Photograph. United States Marines kneeling in front of graves in a cemetery while a chaplain gives a sermon behind a...
US Marine funeral, Saipan, 1944
Photograph. United States Marines holding rifles standing and kneeling next to a row of dead Marines covered by cloth....
US Marines burial service on the deck of a ship, Tarawa Atoll, 1943
Photograph. Large crowd of United States Marines on the deck of a ship during the burial service of three Marines...
US Marines carrying a dead body from the frontlines, Saipan, 1944
Photograph. Four United States Marines carrying the covered body of a dead Marine on a stretcher. Official caption on...
US Marines examining a dead Japanese soldier, Gilbert Islands, 1943
Photograph. United States Marines examining the corpse of a Japanese soldier in a ditch on a beach. Official caption on...
US Marines kneel during a mass for deceased soldiers, Tarawa, 1943
US Marines kneel in tribute to their fallen comrades as Father C. C. Rwdel, Chicago, Marine Corps chaplain, conducts...
US Marines marching past the bodies of dead Japanese soldiers, Enewetak Atoll, 1944
Photograph. Several groups of United States Marines marching past the bodies of dead Japanese soldiers lying together...
US Marines recovering the body of a dead comrade, Gilbert Islands, 1943
Photograph. Four United States Marines carrying the body of a dead comrade on a stretcher in a war-damaged jungle; a...
US Marines stand over the bodies of dead Japanese soldiers on Butaritari (Makin) Atoll, 1943
US Marines stand over the bodies of dead Japanese soldiers. "Dead Japs on Makin [Butaritari]." Butaritari (Makin) Atoll...
US Marines standing at a makeshift gravesite, New Georgia Islands, 1943
Photograph. Two United States Marines next to a grave with an ammunition cross on top of it. Official caption on front...
US Marines standing by a pile of corpses, Kwajalein Atoll, 1944
Photograph. Two groups of United States Marines standing on either side of a pile of corpses; landing craft are in the...
US Marines standing in company formation around a platform with an altar, Pacific Theater, 1943-45
US Marines standing in company formation in a U shape around a platform with an altar backed by a cloth with a US flag...
US Marines taking cover during a battle, Tarawa Atoll, 1943
Photograph. United States Marines kneeling behind sandbags during a battle; dead Marines are lying in the foreground;...
US Marines taking cover next to dead Marines, Tarawa Atoll, 1943
Photograph. Armed United States Marines on a beach next to the corpses of fallen Marines; debris and a damaged landing...
US Marines using dead Japanese soldier for protection, Parry Island, 1944
Photograph. Two United States Marines lying in prone position on a hill using the body of a dead Japanese soldier for...
US Navy funeral service, Tacloban, 1945
Photograph. Six United States Navy sailors holding a flag of the United States over the grave of a serviceman; a...
US serviceman gazes on Japanese dead, PTO
Photograph. US serviceman in tracked vehicle looks at rotting corpses of Japanese soldiers in shallow, sandy ditch. PTO...
US servicemen posing in front of "Partisan's Wall" in Bologna, Italy in 1944 or 1945
Slide. US servicemen posing in front of memorial of photographs pasted onto wall, an Italian flag in the background,...

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