The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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Slide. Young man adjusting a ground sailboat next to the ocean during sunrise. Hawaii. 1945

View of Tinian in late 1945, possibly an aerial view of the American military base

Serviceman John O. Spinks, Sr. inside an armament shop tent, with a wall of tools behind him. '"Armament Shop. Sterling...

USS California (BB-44) sinking as sailors jump from side to rescue vessels and life boats. Official caption: "USS...

Four two-masted small fishing boats anchored with mountains in the distance. "Luggers at rest on the bay at Moresby."...

US sailor and woman in front of "Lei Stand", probably, Honolulu, Hawaii c.1944.

Sailors on the bridge of the USS Rutland; probably off of Saipan on 14 February 1945. From donor's notes: "The Bridge,...

Slide. American airman sitting at his desk; image is extremely dark. Isley Field, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. 1945

512.Photograph. 'File No: 48158 Feb. 20, 1945 Iwo Jima-Eight square miles of hell 'Like a pork chop sizzling on a hot...

View from ship looking down onto Filipinos on bancas or outrigger canoes; long knotted ropes hang in the foreground...

An Army dentist examines the teeth of a female Army nurse. "Dentist treats patient at 251st Station Hospital, New...

46" long 12" projectile." [1945]. "26 March 1945. Projectile of 50cm 12" Japanese artillery piece, captured by the...

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