The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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U.S. soldiers in a jeep in a European forest in 1944.

Photograph. American soldier taking aim with his rifle from behind bundled sheaves of grain. Unknown location. No date

General Eisenhower speaks to paratroopers before the invasion of France. "ETO-HQ-44-4697. Moore. 6 June. Signal corps...

A group of German soldiers standing by guardhouse in town in 1940 in Germany

"Iceland." A waterfall in Iceland in 1943

Photograph. Man standing next to a small wingless prop plane parked in an open field. Unknown location. No date

Destroyed buildings in a small French town. 1944

Photograph. Civilians walking in the street towards Piccadilly Circus. Personal caption on reverse: "Looking toward...

American soldiers and a mortar crew fire on enemy positions from a beach. "ETO-HQ-44-4960-27. Pointsett. 11 June....

An Army Air Force serviceman crouches beside a 40mm Bofors gun in a fortified bunker in Europe, probably in 1945. He is...

Workers stacking bricks recovered from the rubble of postwar Berlin. Possibly some Trmmerfrauen or a Trmmerfrau at work.

Photograph. Two US Army nurses crouching near Virginia river. Personal caption on photo reverse:"Nurses, A P Hill, '...

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