The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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Nicholas Dominic Dibotista digging foxhole in Normandy. 1944

A well manicured garden in France in 1945.

Dead German soldier lies among ruins of a house. "ETO-HQ-45-5377. Mawkins. 1 Jan. Signal corps photo. Dead German lies...

Residential street with half-timber architecture and horse-drawn cart in Germany in the 1940s.

Photograph. United States Ambassador to Norway Lithgow Osborne talking to United States servicemen. Official caption on...

Several men work at loading a large tree on horse drawn sleigh in deep snow, unknown date and unknown location. One man...

A group of soldiers marching with Mauser K98s and Maschinengewehr 08 (MG 08 heavy machine gun) as one NCO looks back at...

Two Army Air Force servicemen pose leaning on a railing; shops and civilians surround them. 'Chamonix, France.'...

"The officers at Thanksgiving dinner table with our native guests, who are seated. Dr. Wenke of Great Bend, Kansas...

Solider McWillie standing in front of the gate of the Jardin de Tuileries = Tuileries Garden in Paris. "James McWillie...

Photograph. LCI(L)-85 sinking off the coast of Omaha Beach; several ships are in the distant background. Official...

A U.S. soldier sitting with civilian German women in postwar Germany. Possibly at a children's fair.

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