The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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German soldiers, one a gefreiter, stand with a group of barefoot village children in white head scarves and peasant...

Photograph. American soldiers standing on docks next to a cargo ship with load of lumber. ETO. No date

Blurry image of Tactical Sergeant Barney Major in Nottingham, England. Circa early 1944

Night time artillery brightens the night sky. "ETO-HQ-45-22805. Wallis. 24 Mar. Signal corps photo. Flashes from night-...

Lt. Bernard J. Mertzweiller on leave in Europe in the 1945

5th Armored Division in Germany in 1945. German airplane junk yard.

A group of three men and one woman sitting in the snowy woods, around a woodpile sharing drinks and food. "Zum Andenken...

Facade of the Adlon Hotel with mattresses and furniture piled on sidewalk in front, Berlin, Germany in April 1945.

Army Air Force serviceman sitting on a staircase; the Eiffel Tower can be seen in the distance behind him. 'Paris,...

Photograph. Five United States servicemen of Company I of the 116th Infantry Regiment posing with their arms around...

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

Solider James McWillie standing in front of the gate of the Jardin de Tuileries = Tuileries Garden in Paris. "2-24-45...

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