The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. Two soldiers ready to give cover fire with an M1919 Browning machine gun as...

"2098 - 135 photos - 2098. For Release: PM papers. January 31, 1944. Shakedown: The task of quickly developing fighting...

Slide. Topless woman sitting and bending over to pluck a water lily flower; a small waterfall is in the background....

Aerial view of native village on a coastline at the foot of mountains, including thatched roof and corrugated metal...

View from sea of the steep cliffs of the shoreline of Guam. "Black cliffs of Guam." Probably 1945

Photograph. M4A1 Sherman tank debarking from USS LST-202 onto a beach; several Coast Guardsmen are on deck and several...

"Pushing 37mm anti tank gun into place by hand." Philippines [1945]

Beached and abandoned Japanese ships along coast, US trucks possibly salvaging from the ship. "Wrecked ships - Iwo."...

Unidentified American Red Cross workers with unidentified U.S. soldier on Tinian in late 1945 or early 1946

"Neisi (American of Japanese ancestry) US Army soldier serving as translator poses with Japanese women." September 1945

Large, elaborate, thatched grass constructed Christian church. "Chapel on Sterling Island. 1944." Sterling Island,...

Slide. American airman stepping out of the passenger side of a military truck; other airmen are sitting in the bed of...

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