The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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Village road in Germany in 1945.

Nose art on B-25 Mitchell bomber; naked woman in circular container with text "Reddie Teddie " Unit 174." ETO. 1943-45.

German submarine after a hit by a U.S. torpedo in Atlantic Ocean. "File No: W-ES-90-68715. July 16, 1943. Blasting Nazi...

Corpses from a concentration camp. "ETO-45-25673. Lt. Moore. 12 April. Signal corps photo. Emaciated, nude corpses...

German officers and soldiers talking to a man with a cart on a road, unknown date, possibly a checkpoint in Ukraine....

Photograph. American soldier sit on top of his Half-track vehicle. ETO. No date

U.S. soldiers in front of war damaged buildings in postwar Germany.

Photograph. GI writing a letter while resting in his pup tent. Personal caption on photo reverse: "Our H. track driver...

Photograph. A bear standing on its hind legs in a zoo. Personal caption on photo reverse: "Bern."Bern, Switzerland. No...

The "Arc de Triumph, Paris." Paris, France. 1945.

Photograph. John Janik stands outside of a church being used as Armored Battalion Headquarters. Personal caption on...

Pond and park in postwar Berlin in 1946. "Berlin 1946."

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