The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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533.Photograph Douglas C-47 Skytrains and Curtiss C-46 Commandos parked on tarmac. 'File Number: TR-12940 March 30,...

Group portrait of the Beach Medical Party taken aboard the USS Rutland; all men wearing helmets. From donor's notes: "...

Remains of Japanese engine on Kwajalein. 'W-CPA-44-106-BX. 2/4. Ellner. The ruins of the engine that was used to power...

Slide. Sergeant John M. Birchett standing shirtless in front of a trashcan with a tool in his hands; raised tents are...

"775th Tank Bn[Battalion], 37th [Infantry Division] Div, leads advance on Baguio." 23 April 1945

Troops unload from LCMs [Landing Craft Mechanized]. "File Number: 310128. Released: April 9, 1945. Panay 'incident'...

View from ocean looking onto Mount Suribachi. "Iwo." Iwo Jima. 1945-46

6.Photograph. Native New Caledonian children. "Pantless - Playing with pennies we gave him for picture." Tuk-Tuk...

Aerial view of unidentififed Japanese coastline. Late 1945

Battleship firing 16 inch naval guns at Iwo Jima, probably the USS West Virginia (BB-48). Official caption:'"Navy...

From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. Indigenous islanders help unload supplies from a boat. "Landing craft are...

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