The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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A German soldier poses at a clearing near the woods at an unknown location on an unknown date.

Top of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany in April 1945.

Photograph. American soldiers aboard a United States Coast Guard assault transport. Official caption on reverse: "2336...

Photograph. John Janik relaxes in the grass with a pile of logs behind him. Unknown location. No date

Abandoned and metal-stripped railroad cars along field in Germany in 1945. "German R.R. train after air corps found it."

Photograph. John Janik in a silly boxing pose standing in his long johns, dress shoes and helmet outside barracks....

The Neue Siegesallee on Groer Sternallee in the Tiergarten in postwar Berlin, Germany between 1945-1947.

Soldiers resting in the grass. "Igney [sic], France." Igny, France. 1944-1945

Photograph. Cityscape of Heidelberg with church spires and flowing river. Taken from an elevated vantage point....

Officers of the 5th Armored Division during WWII. Col. Tupper Cole, CCB Combat Command B."

German Goliath tracked mine in field; probably a gasoline powered Goliath. "Kirndorf, Germany." Probably Zirndorf,...

American military parade passing Norwegian King. "ETO - TFA - 161 - 45." "The King [illegible] the review Allied day....

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