The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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5th Armored Division in Germany in 1945. Motor boat on river.

Photograph. John Janik and two other American soldiers stand warming over a fire. Personal caption on photo reverse: "...

Rubble on the streets of Berlin, Germany in April 1945.

U.S. soldier reads a postcard while reclining in his bunk in postwar Germany.

A castle in Germany during World War II. "This was a castle in Germany. American soldiers occupied it in World War I."

Photograph. Blurry image of German civilian men using a litter to move bodies of concentration camp victims laid out on...

Photograph. Destroyed Ludendorff Bridge over the Rhine River. Personal caption on photo reverse: "Remagen Bridge."...

Gates near Buckingham Palace in London, England in 1944. "[1] This is the first of a series of six pictures taken to...

Rubble in the city streets of Nuremberg, Germany in 1945. "Nuremberg."

Officers of the 5th Armored Division during WWII. Boynton Butler.

View looking down unto B-25 Mitchell bombers in flight; below them, smoke rising from unidentified European city being...

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