The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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Blurry image of U.S. soldier sitting by a fence in postwar Germany.

Photograph. GI writing a letter while resting in his pup tent. Personal caption on photo reverse: "Our H. track driver...

Abandoned buildings and rubble near "bivouac area, Duren, Belgium." Likely Dren, Germany. 1945.

The USS Threat (AM-124), a rescue vessel, nearing the sinking USS Tide (AM-125) that was hit by German mines the on D-...

U.S. soldier in HBT coveralls in railroad yard 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. Swollen corpses lying on the ground. Civilians and soldiers walking in the background near a fence....

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

Knocked our American howitzer in France. "Benning, France." Circa 1944

Top of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany in April 1945.

5th Armored Division in Germany. Two unidentified civilian men, possibly farmers.

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

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