The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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German Luftwaffe Officer inspecting an aircraft in Germany in the 1940s. Possibly Major Edgar Petersen.

Small steamboat named "Kappe" on a river in postwar Germany..

American machine gun crew rushes towards a burning building. "ETO-HQ-45-13722. Rothenberger. 16 Feb. Signal corps photo...

"State operated farm at Helfta, a small town between Eislebon and Halle, Dean's fifth bivouac area east of the Rhine...

German soldiers in railroad train cars awaiting transportation in Germany in 1945. "German soldaten on way home after...

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

Photograph. John Janik shaking hands with another American soldier. Double exposure image. Unknown location. No date

"File No: W-CON-46-65729. June 16, 1943. Blimp over convoy--Sunset over the Atlantic finds another United Nations'...

Baseball game in postwar Germany; catcher in background.

Photograph, aerial. USS LST-214 underway. Official stamp on reverse: "LST 214 / Picture taken at sea on Aug. 16, 1943...

388.Photograph. 'File No: 231,227 June 6, 1944 All aboard that are going ashore Completely equipped with rifles and...

Photograph. Radar screen image of North Sea and German coast, Heligoland archipelago highlighted. Personal Caption: "...

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