The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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A group of German soldiers sit around a table with teacups on "Weihnachten" (Christmas) in 1941 at "Maastricht",...

Photograph. African American United States Army soldiers watching while Army railroad cars are unloaded from LST-21;...

Pontoon and wooden bridges spanning river. "Danube River, Germany." Circa 1945

"General scenes in Aachen, Germany after US troops arrived, showing bombed-out buildings and abandoned streetcar in...

Shelled columns from building in Berlin, Germany in April 1945.

Soldiers sitting on the edge of a large outdoor pool in postwar Germany.

American military camp in Germany. "Neuendorf, Germany." 1945

German photograph of German infantrymen passing burning American halftrack. "ETO-HQ-44-30459-25. Captured German film....

A large crowd of Parisian civilians scatters from sniper fire. "ETO-HQ-44-12542. 20 Aug. Signal corps photo. Crowds of...

Officers of the 5th Armored Division during WWII in Germany. Major Hinkle. Note the anti-decapitation device on the...

Photograph. Rows of corpses laid out on the ground inside Buchenwald concentration camp; war-damaged buildings visible...

5th Armored Division in Germany in 1945. View of the Cologne Cathedral in the distance, bomb damage surrounding it.

Oral History