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Grenny, Guy Working with Veterans
Guy Grenny feels good about his life helping veterans. Veterans have told him he helped them. It was good being in the...
Sparacino, Paul World War 2 Veteran Family Members
Paul Sparacino's father was in the Army [Annotator's Note: during World War 2] but did not really talk about it....
Ellis, Frederick Worst Combat
Frederick Ellis had seven 40mm guns [Annotator's Note; Bofors 40mm automatic cannon] and 12 20mm guns [Annotator's Note...
Beal, Harold Wounded
Harold Beal remembers the paratroopers could not do much for them on the beach, but by the end of the day, they were up...
Townsend, Joseph Wounded at Sea
Joseph Townsend went to the sick bay in Pearl [Annotator’s Note: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii]. Townsend was x-rayed and they...
Rose, Olaf "Olly" Wounded by Friendly Fire
During his time on PT-171, Olaf Rose took instruction from veteran engineers, and gradually got comfortable with his...
Dole, Robert Wounded in Action
Senator Robert "Bob" Dole [Annotator's Note: Robert Joseph "Bob" Dole, American veteran and politician] was wounded in...
Brannon, Mark Wrecked in the Pacific
After the landings at Cape Gloucester [Annotator's Note: Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Papua New Guinea], Mark Brannon...
Beynon, Robert Writing His Book
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Dr. Robert Beynon to describe writing his book, "The Pearl Harbor Avenger, U.S....
Maiten, Sidney Yalta Conference
Sidney Maiten and his ship [Annotator's Note: USS Catoctin (AGC-5)] sailed to Sevastopol for the Yalta Conference....
Leaming, Jack Yokohama POW Camp
Jack Leaming and his pilot were taken to Yokohama. [Annotator's Note: Leaming was the rear gunner in the Douglas SDB...
Roy, William Yorktown Damage Control Photographs
[Annotator's Note: William Roy reviews a series of photographs he captured during the Battle of Midway in June 1942. He...
Roy, William Yorktown Photographer enters the War
William Roy had served in Battleship Division 5 in the Atlantic on the battleship Arkansas [Annotator's Note: USS...
Roy, William Yorktown Photographs from the Battle of Midway
[Annotator's Note: William Roy reviews a series of photographs he captured during the Battle of Midway in June 1942. He...
Roy, William Yorktown's Damage from Coral Sea
[Annotator's Note: William Roy was aboard the USS Yorktown (CV-5) and worked as the ship's photographer as she returned...
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Photograph. Crowded stadium during American football game. Players lined up on the field. Location unknown. No date
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Photograph. View of a stone Italian monastery from inside the courtyard. Personal caption on photo reverse: "Cathedral...
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Photograph. A flock of seagulls gather for feeding. Location unknown. No date
40mm ready-service racks on a destroyer with a quad 40mm mount in the background at an unknown location in the 1940s
View of empty 40mm ready service racks on an Allen M. Sumner or Gearing class destroyer. A quad 40mm mount is in the...
A "crossing the line" ceremony in the Pacific Ocean on 1 October 1944
A "crossing the line" ceremony. "Crossing equator USS Monrovia, alias Del Argentina, Miss. Shipping Co., Delta Line,...
A 40 mm gun crew aboard a light cruiser during a shakedown
"2098 - 135 photos - 2098. For Release: PM papers. January 31, 1944. Shakedown: The task of quickly developing fighting...
A band aboard the USS Iowa performs for the ship's crew in October 1944
Biak. "File No: 256602 October 26, 1944 'Beating Out' Boredom-- Despite the incessant activity, monotony sometimes...
A battleship maneuvers ahead of an Independence class carrier which has just launched its planes in January 1945
413. Photograph. 'File No: 289617 January 2, 1945 Pacific maneuvers meant a mighty array of warships on parade. But in...
A Bofors 40 mm antiaircraft in action aboard an American ship.
"2098 - 2 photos - 2098. U.S. Navy Motion Picture Exchange and U.S. Naval Training School (sound motion picture...
A canopy of smoke rises from the shores of Guam as Navy guns and planes hammer the Japanese base on 21 July 1944
502.Photograph. 'File Number: 59458 August 2, 1944 Jap [Japanese] funeral pyre on Guam A towering canopy of gray and...
A commanding officer at the periscope of a U.S. submarine.
"File No: TR 5042D. Torpedo Attack - A commanding officer at the periscope of a U.S. submarine, ready to loose...
A Comparison in the amount of enlisted personnel in the U.S. Navy between the years 1923 to 1943
Official U. S. Navy Chart 'File No: 45291 April 23, 1944 Admiral King's Report: Plate I A Comparison in the amount of...
A convoy of landing craft in the Pacific in 1945
A photograph taken from USS LCS(L)(3)96, which is traveling in a convoy. Pacific Ocean. 1945
A General Motors built Avenger roars over the beachhead on Panson Island on 20 October 1944
397.Photograph. Grumman TBM Avenger flies above landing forces, 'File Number 287577 Navy Lands Army on Panson Pictorial...
A German 88mm gun on a hillside
Photograph. A German gun on a hillside, many stripes painted on cannon. Personal caption on photo reverse:‘"German 88mm...
A group of Tunisian men sit in rubble, Tunisia, November 1944
Photograph. Tunisian civilian men in turbans and traditional garb sit on a rubble pile. Personal caption on photo...
A group of WAVES eating dinner at a restaurant in the United States during World War II
Group of WAVES eating at restaurant with one civilian woman; all WAVES are wearing blue uniforms with enlisted women's...
A group of WAVES having drinks at a club in the United States on 21 June 1944
Group of WAVES having drinks at restaurant; all are wearing blue uniforms with enlisted women's brimmed hats. United...
A horse drawn carriage in Manila, Philippines in 1945
A horse drawn carriage waiting for a customer. "'Nuf said. Taxi, Manila." Manila, Philippines. 1945
A Japanese cargo ship takes fire from a Navy airplane near the Marshall Islands, 1943-44
A Japanese cargo ship takes fire from a Navy airplane; aerial view. "Navy plane scores hits on Jap freighter in...
A Japanese soldier and his family in Hiroshima, Japan in 1945
A Japanese soldier and his family walk along a pier; a ship can be seen behind them. "Hiroshima. Jap soldier and...

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