The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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Destruction in Hiroshima, with a view of a river in the background. "Hiroshima, [likely Nishikawa] West River."...

View from airplane flying over Pacific Ocean in 1945. "Up in the blue yonder."

Male entertainer on stage at USO show. "Eddie Braken [Bracken] - U.S.O. Show. Guam." Guam. 1944-45

LST-760 [Landing Ship, Tank] with pontoon bridge attached to boat's side, seen from the aft of the ship, at sea with...

An Army dentist examines the teeth of a female Army nurse. "Dentist treats patient at 251st Station Hospital, New...

Civilian refugees (probably the Chamorro/Chamoru people) from Tinian about to climb aboard a U.S. Navy LCT [Landing...

View of Alaskan harbor; road in foreground and naval ships at sea in background. Attu, Aleutian Islands/Alaska. '"7-23-...

A Filipino souvenir shop. "Most of the Filipinos also were quick to take advantage of the fact that the Yanks were...

An unknown village in the Pacific. "Native Village." Probably on New Guinea.

Slide. Sergeant Elmo C. Steeves standing shirtless outside. Personal caption on slide border: "Steeves." Hawaii. 1945

Military cemetery at Darwin, Australia on 19 February 1942. The marker in the foreground reads: "W.E. McCord, USN." "...

From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. Several men work on a bridge in the jungles of Guadalcanal, a tractor ready. "...

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