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Body of a deceased German soldier lies face down, Castellonorato, Italy, 1944
Photograph. Body of a deceased German soldier lies face down. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-5204." Official...
Body of water, possibly in Accra, Ghana during World War II.
Photograph. Body of water, possibly in Accra, Ghana in the 1940s.
Boeing P-26 Peashooter fighter plane, Mediterranean Theater, 1942-44
Boeing P-26 Peashooter; a pre-WWII pursuit aircraft. Mediterranean Theater. 1942-44
Bologna, Italy freight yards destroyed by U.S. bombing in April 1945
166.Photograph. '21 April 45. 5/MM-45-7413. Fifth Army, Bologna Area, Italy. Bologna freight yards destroyed by U.S....
Bomb craters indicating direct hits on Italian army barracks at Cremona, Italy in 1944 to 1945
Bomb craters indicating direct hits on Italian army barracks. "Cremona barracks." Cremona, Italy. Probably 1944-45.
Bomb damaged buildings in Livorno, Italy in June 1945
Bomb damaged buildings. "Showing some ruins in Leghorn with the old bell tower still intact." Livorno, Italy. June 1945
Bomb damaged Italian airplanes near Tripoli, Libya, 1943-1944
"Bombed out It. [Italian] planes at Castel Benito Airdrome 20 miles south of Tripoli". Biplane in background. Near...
Bomb damaged town of Monghidoro, Italy in background in November 1944
437.Photograph. '28 Nov. 1944. 5/MM-44-30704. Fifth Army, Monghidoro, Italy. Muddy highway 65 in foreground with...
Bombardment in mountains in Bologna, Italy on 5 December 1944
187.Photograph. '5 Dec 44. 5/MM-44-31012. Fifth Army, Italy. Excellent marksmanship is shown as 1st Armored Division,...
Bombardment of Cassino, Italy, 1944
Photograph. Smoke billows over the valley during the bombardment of Cassino. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-810."...
Bombed buildings in Castellonorato, Italy, 1944
Photograph. Complete devastation in a bomb-ravaged city. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-5163." Official caption on...
Bombed out buildings behind a flooded graveyard in Cassino, Italy
Bombed out buildings behind a flooded graveyard; the helmets in front of the grave markers appear to be from British...
Bombed out opera house in Livorno, Italy in June 1945
Bombed out opera house in Leghorn, Italy. In the background some of the balcony stalls can be seen intact, but the...
Bombed out viaduct bridge on the left and a Bailey bridge in the center used by American convoy in Italy in 1944-45
194.Photograph. A bombed out viaduct bridge on the left and a Bailey bridge in the center. Quarter ton US vehicle and a...
Bombed rear of railroad station canopy and tracks at Cecina, Italy, 1944-45
190.Photograph. Bombed rear of railroad station canopy and tracks at Cecina, Italy. 1944-45
Bombs being loaded into a bomb bay, North Africa (probably), 1942-43
Three bombs, two of which are on the ground and one of which is being hoisted into a bomb bay by ground crew. A crewman...
Bombs drop from a bomb bay towards a desert floor, North Africa (probably), 1942-43
Aerial view, from open bomb bay, of six bombs dropping towards a desert floor crisscrossed by roads and/or rail lines....
Bombs exploding near US Coast Guard ships off the coast of Sicily, Italy, 1943
Photograph. Bombs exploding near United States Coast Guard-manned transport ships. Official caption on reverse: "1790...
Bombs falling from an open bomb bay door, North Africa (probably), 1942-43
Aerial view, from inside an airplane, that shows a group of bombs falling just after being released from the open bomb...
Boxes of signal supplies are stacked at a signal depot in Santa Maria, Italy, 1944
Photograph. Boxes of signal supplies are stacked at a signal depot. Official caption on front: "MM-WIE-44-11762."...
Brazilian Air Minister Dr. Joaquim Pedro Salgado Filho's visit to the front at Castel di Casio, Italy on 12 December 1944
511.Photograph. '12 Dec 44. BEF/5/MM-44-31471. Fifth Army, Castel di Casio, Italy. L R: Capt. J. L. Rowan, O.I.C., IV...
Brazilian and American officers on way to visit Brazilian troops in Italy in December 1944
373.Photograph. Brazilian and American officers on way to visit Brazilian troops in Italy. '12 Dec 44. BEF/5/MM-44-...
Brazilian Expeditionary Force (BEF) Air Minister Salgado Filho during a visit to Brazilian troops in Italy on 12 December 1944.
31.Photograph. Brazilian Expeditionary Force (BEF) Air Minister Salgado Filho during a visit to Brazilian troops in...
Brazilian Expeditionary Force (BEF) Air Minister Salgado Filho with other American officers during a visit to Brazilian troops in Italy on 12 December 1944..
25.Photograph. Brazilian Expeditionary Force (BEF) Air Minister Salgado Filho with other American officers during a...
Brazilian General and nurse with American General Crittenberger in Italy in December 1944
541.Photograph. '11 Dec 44. BEF/5/MM-44-31386. Fifth Army, Italy. L-R: Maj. General Joao Batista Mascarenhas, C.G., BEF...
Brazilian General Joao Batista Mascarenhas and British General Sir Harold Alexander in Italy on 8 November 1944
184.Photograph. '8 Nov 44. BEF/5/MM-44-6666. Fifth Army, Parretta Area, Italy. Adjutant General Joao Batista...
Brazilian General Mascarenhas awarding medals to two American servicemen in Italy on 16 November 1944
430.Photograph. General Joao Batista Mascarenhas of the Brazilian Expeditionary Forces awarding medals to two American...
Brazilian Generals Mascarenhas and Zenobio, General Crittenberger and Lt. General Truscott in Italy on 11 December 1944
186.Photograph. '11 Dec 44. Fifth Army, Italy. Leaving the B.E.F. [Brazilian Expeditionary Forces] Headquarters. L-R:...
Brazilian Infantrymen take time out to read their mail in fox holes on the Italian front in December 1944
542.Photograph. '11 Dec 1944. BEF/5/MM-44-31384. Fifth Army, Italy. Brazilian Infantrymen take time out to read their...
Brazilian soldier after being awarded the Bronze Star by Lt. General Mark W. Clark in Italy in November 1944
496.Photograph. '16 Nov 44. BEF/5/MM-44-30191.Fifth Army, Italy. Capt. Airosa da Silva, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, B.E.F...
Brazilian soldier near damage in floor from German shell in Italy in November 1944
472.Photograph. '16 Nov 44. Fifth Army, Porretta Area, Italy. Sgt. Manuel Ramos, B.E.F. [Brazilian Expeditionary Forces...
Brazilian soldiers gather around shell hole in Italy in November 1944
497.Photograph. '16 Nov 44. Fifth Army, Italy. Group of B.E.F. [Brazilian Expeditionary Force] soldiers gather around...
Brazilian soldiers receives medal from American officer in Italy on 16 November 1944
480.Photograph. '16 Nov. 44. BEF/5/MM-44-30188. Fifth Army, Italy. Corp. Marcilio Juiz Pinto, Sao Paulo, Brazil, as he...
Brick church in Axum region Ethiopia
Mass-produced image of Ethiopian scene; souvenir image collected during World War II. "near Adi Caich: Church Axumite...
Bridge across the River Tiber in Rome, Italy circa 1944-45
"One of the bridges across the Tiber in Rome" decorated with a dozen larger than life size statues. Rome, Italy. Circa...
Bridge in Rome, Italy
Bridge in Rome. "Bridge in Rome." Italy. Circa 1944

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