Life in the Field/aboard ship

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Barracks at Camp Brooklyn, France, 1945
Photograph. The front of two barracks with a sign between them; rows of tents are in the background. Personal caption...
Battle damaged Japanese steam engine, Tinian
Photograph. Battle damaged Japanese steam engine abandoned on overgrown railroad tracks. There is a large hole blown in...
Battleship underway
Photograph. Battleship underway as seen from the deck of another ship. Location unknown. No date
Bay in New Guinea, 1944
Photograph. Two American soldiers walking on a completed runway; another soldier is leaning against a Liaison plane...
Beach scene
Photograph. Overexposed. Beach lined by palm trees. Location unknown. No date
Beached fully loaded LSTs
Photograph. Three beached LSTs fully loaded with servicemen and military vehicles. The background consists of a heavily...
Beached landing craft
Photograph. Aerial view of the bow of a beach landing craft. Location unknown. No date
Beaches in Tel Aviv, 1944
Photographs. Buses drive around a traffic circle near a beach on the Mediterranean Sea. Personal caption on reverse: "...
BM Richard aboard a landing craft
Photograph. Boatswain's Mate Richard leaning against a stair rail aboard a landing craft. Location unknown. No date
BM Richard aboard a landing craft
Photograph. Boatswain's Mate Richard leaning against a piece of artillery aboard a landing craft. Location unknown. No...
BM Wiley Lowery walking across a bridge
Photograph. Boatswain's Mate Second Class Wiley Lowery walking across a bridge in his Undress White uniform. Location...
BM Wiley Lowery walking across a bridge
Photograph. Boatswain's Mate Second Class Wiley Lowery walking across a bridge in his Undress White uniform. Personal...
Boatswain's Mates aboard a landing craft
Photograph. Boatswain's Mate Second Class Wiley Lowery [right] and Boatswain's Mate Richard sitting on the base of...
Bob Feller, former Cleveland Indian great, blasts a strike past an opposing batter during a game in which he struck out 18 men at Efate in the New Hebrides in 16 May 1944
399.Photograph. Bob Feller, baseball player. 'File No: 45536 May 16, 1944 Chief Bob Feller, Ex-Indian, 'Blows the man...
Boxes of rations
Photograph. Boxes of rations piled next to duffle bags; a military vehicle is in the background. Location unknown. No...
Brick building
Photograph. Front of a two story residential brick building. A vehicle is parked in the garage. Location unknown. No...
Brick building at the base of a mountain, Iceland
Photograph. Large brick building at the base of a snow covered mountain. Iceland. No date
Bridge of a LST taken from the deck.
Photograph. Bridge of a LST taken from the deck. There is a stack of bags in the foreground on the main deck. There are...
Bridge under construction, Netherlands, 1944
Photograph. American servicemen standing on a partially constructed bridge. Personal caption on front: "Maaestricht,...
Briefing U.S. Marines aboard the USS Rutland probably off of Saipan in February 1945
Briefing U.S. Marines aboard the USS Rutland; probably off of Saipan in February 1945. From donor's notes: "Boat group...
Broken down jeep
Photograph. American jeep on the side of a road with its hood up and a rear tire missing. Location unknown. No date
Brown with two other members of the 32nd Special Naval Construction Battalion stand together inside ship's store. Philippines. c. 1945
Photograph. Brown with two other members of the 32nd Special Naval Construction Battalion inside ship's store with...
Bucher's 'silent' piano propped up on tables in Italy in 1945
Alan Bucher playing his silent, practice piano while editing Debussy sheet music and smoking a pipe. The piano was...
Bucket brigade bails out water gathered in a gun emplacement, Italy, 1943
Photograph. Bucket brigade bails out water gathered in a gun emplacement. Official caption on front: "MM-5-150468."...
Bucket brigades swab off the decks of the giant USS Iowa during her shakedown cruise in October 1944
USS Iowa. "59494 October 26, 1944 Wash Day for the Big 'I'--- Bucket brigades swab off the decks of the giant USS Iowa...
Building occupied by American forces
Photograph. Two-story building on a dirt plot; an American serviceman is on a ladder and painting the front; two...
Building with medical sign
Photograph. Residential building with a directional sign for medical equipment in the front. Location unknown. No date
Buildings at military facility, Hawaii, December 1945
Photograph. Administrative buildings at military facility. Personal caption on photo reverse: "Dec 29 1945 / H...
Bulldosers building an earth ramp
Photograph. Three bulldozers building an earth ramp LSTs. Location unknown. No date
Burning fuel tranport truck
Negative. Transportation vehicle on fire on the side of a road; the fuel barrels in the back are all on fire. Personal...
Burning fuel tranport truck
Negative. Transportation vehicle on fire on the side of a road; the fuel barrels in the back are all on fire. Personal...
Burning fuel tranport truck
Negative. Transportation vehicle on fire on the side of a road; the fuel barrels in the back are all on fire. Personal...
Burning of shoreline
Photograph, landscape. Several fires on burning along a shore line. Location unknown. No date
C-47 cruising above a runway
Negative. Douglas C-47 Skytrain cruising above a dirt runway. Presumably Burma [modern-day Myanmar]. No date
C-47s parked on a runway
Negative. Several Douglas C-47 Skytrains parked on a dirt runway. Location unknown. No date
C-47s parked on a runway
Negative. Overexposed. Several Douglas C-47 Skytrains parked on a dirt runway. Location unknown. No date

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