A troop transport ship docked at port in New Orleans, Louisiana on 16 January 1945

A troop transport ship docked at port. Official caption: "Republic Arrived NOPE: 16 Jan. 1945.

A troop transport ship sails through the Panama Canal in the Canal Zone circa 1942-45

A troop transport ship sails through the Panama Canal. Official caption: "U.S.S. Republic Passing Through Panama Canal." Canal Zone

A truck and supplies on the island. New Georgia Islands. Circa 1943

Photograph. A truck and supplies on the island as seen from the perspective of a landing craft. New Georgia Islands. Circa 1943

A truck moves down the highway at an unknown location in the Pacific during World War II

A truck moves down the highway at an unknown location in the Pacific during World War II. Possibly in Australia.

A truck rounds the bend on the Ledo Road in Burma 1944

Photograph. A truck on the Ledo Road in Burma in 1944

A truck whose bed is full of rocks to be used in making the road more functional at New Britain in September 1944

A truck whose bed is full of rocks, presumably to be used in making the road more functional by engineers of the 40th Infantry Division.

A tugboat being shipped aboard another ship in New Orleans, Louisiana on 22 May 1943.

A tugboat being shipped aboard another ship. Official caption: "Deckload on after deck of the USAT 'W. W. Atterbury' 19 May 1943.

A tugboat, likely in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii circa 1941-42

Photograph. A tugboat. Personal caption: "A tug here in the harbor." Likely Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. No date

A tugboat, likely in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii circa 1941-42

Photograph. A tugboat. Personal caption: "A tug in dry dock." Likely Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. No date

A twelve man German squad sitting around table on Christmas in 1940 at Maastricht, Netherlands

A twelve man squad sit around table with Christmas decorations during Weihnachten (Christmas) at Maastricht, Netherlands in 1940.

A twice-wounded sergeant, Michael Thomson, helps buddies mop-up Hill 604 near Naguilian in the Philippines in 1945

"Twice wounded Sgt. helps buddies mop up Hill 604." [1945]

A Twist of Fate