The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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"First bivouac at the Bulge area in Bois et Borsu, Belgium." Bois-et-Borsu, Belgium. 1945.

Four Army Air Force servicemen sit in a field and smile broadly for the camera. Two have shaved heads, possibly for a...

"One of the enlisted men's huts. I have a stove like this one in my hut. Only one end of the hut is shown here. Iceland...

French troops parade through Parisian streets. "ETO-HQ-44-12849. Ellis. 27 Aug. Signal corps photo. Tanks of the French...

Three elegantly dressed young women seated around a garden table on an unknown date, possibly in Germany. "Looks kind...

German civilians ride home on top of a train car after the war has ended in 1945. "German civilians going home after...

Photograph. Knocked out German self-propelled gun. Personal caption on photo reverse: "March 1945 / Somewhere in...

"Iceland." The Great Geysir in southwestern Iceland in 1943

Photograph. Knocked out German self-propelled gun in the street in front of a damaged brick building. Personal caption...

Blurry image of a soldier with the U.S. Army walking in front of military truck in postwar Germany.

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

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