The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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Slide. Sergeant Elmo C. Steeves inspecting a machine gun on the Boeing B-29 Superfortress "Hell's Belle" [tail code Z...

Slide. Low-angle view of jungle trees. Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. 1945

A view of several US military vehicles parked around the town square of Palo. "Town square of Palo, Leyte, P.I." Palo,...

V-mail operation in the field at APO 929. "Following this, the density of the film is measured on a densitometer and...

Photographer aboard the USS Rutland; camera hanging around his neck. From donor's notes: "Your photographer." 1945

"Troops advance through Bigaa, Luzon during rain storm." 2 February 1945

A lone American infantryman carries a portable rocket launcher ("bazooka") through a war-torn jungle of palm trees....

View from in front of fence of Camp Churo, a camp established by the U.S. military to house Tinian's non-military...

Aerial view of wreckage on the beaches of Iwo Jima, mainly smaller landing craft. Official caption: "Wrecked landing...

Long row of thatched roof huts on Guam; not identified as a local community or a military camp. Circa 1945

Slide. Captain Richard D. Sullivan standing with one foot on top of a wheel chock while observing an air strip. Isley...

Two full barracks bags and random boots litter shore after the invasion of Talesea. "Unclaimed barracks bags on beach...

Oral History