The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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Single B-29 Superfortress in flight over US naval vessels. "Iwo." Iwo Jima. 1945-46

Aerial views of the Aleutian Islands, most likely concentrating on Attu and its harbors in 1943.

Slide. Tops of trees under the sky at sunset. Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. 1945

Photograph. 1st Marine Division Marines debarking from USS LST-202 onto a beach; another LST [Landing ship, tanks] is...

Torii on Tinian. "Tinian. Jap monument." Late 1945

"G.I. litter bearers carry Filipino casualty to rear near Dagupan, Luzon." [1945]

Soldier leaning on airplane body under repair, probably Alaska c. 1943. Double exposure.

A crowd gathers at a cockfighting arena. "Here is a view of the crowd that mills around the average cockfight arena...

View from US Navy ships approaching Iwo Jima for invasion. Official caption:'"Sun rises on invasion fleet headed for...

View of New Britain coastline with bulldozer and base camp on shore. [1944]

Slide. Airman on a ladder cleaning the barrel of a machine gun on a Boeing B-29 Superfortress; two other airmen are...

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