The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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A U.S. soldier at a railyard in postwar Germany..

Residential houses along road in Alsace, France in 1945.

German soldiers stand in field at attention, probably in Germany, on an unknown date. Two ammunition boxes are in the...

Pontoon and wooden bridges spanning river. "Danube River, Germany." Circa 1945

Truck convoy moving through "remains of St. Lo, France after the breakthrough by US troops." Saint-L, France. 1945.

Photograph. Four men leaning over a large displayed parrot rifle. Unidentified location. No date

Photograph. Corpse lying facedown on the ground. Open metal container nearby. Fenced compound in the background....

Photograph. Deceased American soldier lying face down on a beach; crossed rifles lie nearby; other soldiers are...

German photograph of German infantrymen passing burning American halftrack. "ETO-HQ-44-30459-25. Captured German film....

A "US monument to veterans of World War I at Chateau Thierry, France." Chteau-Thierry, France. 1945.

Photograph. American soldier standing with mounted machine guns along a debris-strewn roadway. Personal caption on...

Oral History