The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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Blurry image of three unidentified U.S. soldiers sitting in postwar Germany.

"USS Lejeune in Atlantic Storm 11/45." The flags of the USS Lejeune (AP-74) during a storm in the Atlantic on November...

Photograph. A uniformed John Janik sitting on steps. Unknown location. No date

Tunnel through mountain. "Bad Aussee, Austria." Circa 1945

German commanders at the negotiating table. "ETO-HQ-45-45311. Meserlin, Jr., 6 May. Signal corps photo. Terms of...

View of large building and bombing destruction in Berlin, Germany in April 1945.

5th Armored Division in Germany in 1945. Indoor kitchen with cooks

Photograph. Bodies of dead adults and children, including a small baby girl laid out on the ground inside Buchenwald...

U.S. soldiers in a jeep in a European forest in 1944.

Photograph. Crowd throwing up a British corporal up in the air during a VE-Day celebration in Piccadilly Circus. London...

Surrendering German soldiers crossing bridge. "ETO-HQ-44-16836. Clancy. 6 Oct. Signal corps photo. German prisoners...

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