The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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Beach at an unknown location in the Pacific. "Taken on the beach." Probably on New Guinea.

Slide. Three airmen standing near the edge of a cliff covered in vegetation. Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. 1945

"Emperor's Palace, Tokyo. Shows moat around grounds." October 1945

From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. A view of the water treatment center on Cape Gloucester. "Water treatment plant...

Aerial view of Japanese fire-bombed town below. "Some trees were left." Late 1945

"1st Bn, Co D, 127th Inf Reg man 30 cal water cooled machine gun." [1945]

Aerial view of Iwo Jima, specifically the American military base and Mount Suribachi. "Looking down on Mt. [Mount]...

Christmas tree inside the Riverside Inn, an American Red Cross club on Tinian; U.S. servicemen are reading newspapers...

Buildings and water towers on air base in cleared spot of Sterling Island jungle. '"Sterling Island. 1944."' Sterling...

P-39 airplane "43291" being towed on skids in the Aleutian Islands c. 1943. Four soldiers rigging airplane on skids...

A single file line of soldiers carrying gear march down a road in the Philippines. [Philippines. 1944]

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