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132nd Infantry Regiment taking cover on a beach, Cebu Island, 1945
Photograph. United States army soldiers from the 132nd Infantry Regiment lying on a beach while under Japanese fire;...
1st Marine Division pinned down on a beach, Peleliu, 1944
Photograph. United States Marines lying low on a beach during amphibious invasion; columns of smoke are rising in the...
2nd Infantry Division taking cover from German fire on a riverbank, Germany, 1945
Photograph. United States Army soldiers from the 2nd Infantry Division taking cover from German fire behind river bank...
2nd Infantry Divisionn takingcover in a snow-covered trench, Germany
Photograph. United States Army soldiers from the 2nd Infantry Division taking cover from German fire in a snow-covered...
36th Infantry Division and French partisans taking cover on a bridge, Lyon, 1944
Photograph. United States Army soldiers from the 36th Infantry Division and French Resistance fighters taking cover...
37th Infantry Division patrol members use the "hat on a stick" trick to draw enemy fire in South Manila in the Philippines on 15 February 1945
"37th Div patrol members use "hat on a stick" trick to draw enemy fire in South Manila." 15 February 1945
37th Infantry Division patrol members use the "hat-on-stick trick" to draw enemy fire in southern Manila, in the Philippines on 15 February 1945
"37th Div patrol members use "hat on stick" trick to draw enemy fire in South Manila." 15 February 1945
37th Infantry Division taking cover from Japanese fire, Philippines, 1945
Photograph. United States Army soldiers from the 37th Infantry Division taking cover behind a concert wall on the side...
3rd Armored Division advancing while under fire, Montleban
Photograph. Two United States Army soldiers from the 3rd Armored Division running down a street past a war-damaged...
3rd Infantry Division taking cover behind a M4 Sherman tank while under fire in Nuremberg, Germany, 1945
Photograph. United States Army soldiers in the 3rd Infantry Division taking cover from German fire behind a M4 Sherman...
7th Army under German fire, Niederbronn, 1944
Photograph. United States Army soldiers from the 7th Army taking cover from German fire on sidewalk near an American...
A deserted-looking Italian town square is actually alive with action, Italy, 1944
Photograph. An apparently deserted Italian town square of this newly-won Fifth Army objective is actually alive with...
A US soldier is wounded by a mortar shell, Italy, 1944
Photograph. A US soldier is wounded by a mortar shell as he runs down a narrow alleyway. Official caption on front: "MM...
A valley is the site of heavy fighting between the Allies and the Germans, Italy, 1944
Photograph. A valley is the site of heavy fighting between the Allies and the Germans. Official caption on front: "MM-5...
Advancing US Marine taking cover behind tank, Saipan, 1944
Photograph. Advancing United States Marine taking cover from enemy fire behind a tank on a dirt road. Official caption...
Advancing US Marines taking cover behind a tank, Saipan, 1944
Photograph. Advancing United States Marines taking cover from enemy fire behind a tank named "King Kong" on a dirt road...
American and French soldiers respond to German enemy fire in Huningue, France on 3 December 1944
American and French soldiers respond to German enemy fire. Official caption: "[Illegible] Credit...U.S. Army Signal...
American landing craft unloading servicemen onto a beach under heavy German fire, Normandy, 1944
Photograph. United States servicemen wading from landing craft towards a beach. Official caption on front: "Assault...
American LCI sinking off the coast of Normandy, 1944
Photograph. United States Coast Guardsmen on the deck of a listing LCI [Landing Craft, Infantry] that is beginning to...
American soldiers take cover on a ridge in a field in Dachau, Germany on 29 April 1945
American soldiers take cover on a ridge in a field. Note that a unit has been stricken in the caption. Official caption...
Anti aircraft fire or flak above military camp, Anzio, Italy, 1944
Photograph. Bright trailers of anti aircraft fire or flak trace lines in the darkness above tents in a military camp.“...
Battle damaged Japanese steam engine, Tinian
Photograph. Battle damaged Japanese steam engine abandoned on overgrown railroad tracks. There is a large hole blown in...
British Army soldiers running for cover near Ponte, Italy
Photograph. British Army soldiers running for cover from German fire in an open area. Official caption on front: "...
British soldiers take cover from enemy fire, Italy, 1944
Photograph. British soldiers take cover from enemy fire. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-48." Official caption on...
Burning CCKW cargo truck, Tunisia
Photograph. Burning 2-½ ton CCKW United States Army cargo truck damaged by strafing German warplane. Official caption...
Cargo ship burning after hit by German bomb, Mediterranean Sea
Photograph. Column of smoke rising from a burning American cargo ship, as viewed from a nearby ship; several United...
Circle of sandbags, Argentia, Newfoundland. 1942
Photograph. Interior view of protective circle of sandbags, to protect antiaircraft guns not yet in place, built by...
Coast Guardsmen hoisting a wounded Marine on to a ship deck, Enewetak Atoll, 1944
Photograph. Coast Guardsmen hoisting a wounded Marine from a stretcher on to a ship deck. Caption stamped in blue ink...
Coast Guardsmen hoisting a wounded Marine on to a ship deck, Enewetak Atoll, 1944
Photograph. Coast Guardsmen reaching for a hoisted stretcher holding a wounded Marine. Caption stamped in blue ink at...
Coast Guardsmen observing a depth charge explosion, North Atlantic
Photograph. Coast Guardsmen observing a depth charge explosion on the deck of a cutter. Official caption on reverse: "...
Coast Guardsmen scanning a shoreline, Cape Gloucester
Photograph. Coast Guardsmen on an armed LST scanning the shoreline for enemy fighters. Official caption on reverse: "...
Coast Guardsmen transporting a wounded serviceman on to an LST, Cape Gloucester
Photograph. Coast Guardsmen transporting a wounded serviceman on to an LST. Official caption on reverse: "3095. From:...
Combat scene as seen from inside an LVT on Iwo Jima in February 1945
Combat scene as seen from inside an LVT [Landing Vehicle Tracked]/amphibious tank of Marines moving up dangerous Iwo...
Damage from Japanese attack in Darwin, Australia in 1942
Damage from Japanese attack in Darwin, Australia in 1942.
Dead British soldiers, France, June 1944
Photograph. Dead British soldiers half-covered by blankets. Official German caption on photo reverse, translated: "...

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