The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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The USS Iowa in October 1944. "59495. October 26, 1944. Close-up:'Ship o' the Line--- Deadly descendant of the first '...

Young Filipino boys tend to water buffaloes. "Philippine countryside scenes." Philippines. 1944.

Crossing the Line ceremony aboard the USS LCS(L)(3)-99. "Kissing royal baby's stomach." Pacific Ocean. 1943

US Marine looking directly at camera, speaking into field phone from small foxhole. Official caption: "Foxhole phone...

"File No: TR -0743. Marine Corps Raiders - The sleek Vought Corsair, skimming clouds at a 400-mile-an-hour clip, has...

Slide. Rocky coastline. Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. 1945

"Sappers disarm Jap demolition charges at barricade." 5 February 1945

Airplane "Laddie" being repaired by two soldiers on the runway, Alaska, c.1943. Side view.

American cemetery on Tinian; American flag flying in middle of cemetery. "Tinian. Cemetery." Late 1945

A view of the tents where the 740th Ordnance Company works. "740th Ordnance Co. Shop area, New Britain." Reverse: "SWPA...

Slide. Aerial view of Honolulu Harbor; Sand Island is on the right; Waikiki and Diamond Head are in the distant...

View of Agana from top of J.C.A. quarters in Guam in 1945. "View of Agana from top of J.C.A. quarters. Guam."

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