The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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Photograph. American soldier poses with his rifle next to a half-track vehicle. ETO. No date

Officers of the 5th Armored Division on 8 October 1944 in France. MacFarland with other officers. "In the field...

"First bivouac at the Bulge area in Bois et Borsu, Belgium." Bois-et-Borsu, Belgium. 1945.

Nose art on B-25 Mitchell bomber; pinup girl swinging on rope swing with text "The Big Swing" also "Agnes; Lt. Charles...

American soldiers in snowy forest. "Luneville, France." Circa 1944

Photograph. Remains of a downed airplane in an open field. Unknown location. No date

Cleaning up rubble in postwar Berlin, Germany. Possibly some Trmmerfrauen or a Trmmerfrau at work.

Photograph. Swollen corpses lying on the ground. Civilians and soldiers walking in the background near a fence....

Unidentified U.S. soldiers at an unknown location in the 1940s.'"coming or going?"

5th Armored Division in Germany in 1945. Indoor kitchen with cooks.

Photograph. American soldier stands in field wearing campaign style hat and jodhpurs. Stamped date on photo reverse: "...

Unidentified U.S. soldiers at an unknown location in the 1940s.

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