The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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"U.S. mortars firing from dug-in position on grounds of Malacanyan Palace (Filipino "White House")." [1945]

Probably a religious service set on stage on an enterainment venue on Tinian. The venue is called the 'Bulldozer Bowl...

18.Photograph. Thatched roof structures along road. New Caledonia. 1944-45

A view of a typical Filipino neighborhood. "Philippine countryside scenes." Philippines. 1944.

The dentist, a patient and his equipment aboard the USS Rutland. From donor's notes: "The ship's dentist." 1945

A Captain shaking hands with Cpl. Lyne during ceremony for awarding her the Soldier's Medal. "Port Moresby, New Guinea...

"25th Div observers direct artillery fire." [1945]

Slide. Caricature of a pilot smoking painted onto the nose of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress "Sna Pe Fort." Saipan,...

Aerial view of unidentified bomb-damaged Japanese town below; some areas still burning. Japan. Late 1945

Robbie Briggle leaning against airplane, Aleutian Islands c. 1943. "This one isn't so good and by the way darlin that...

Unloading a DUKW, an amphibious truck, off the USS Rutland and into the ocean after the successful attack on Okinawa on...

View out on Iwo Jima harbor to dozens of US Navy vessels; wrecked airplane pieces in foreground. Official caption: "...

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