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Leaming, Jack Yokohama POW Camp
Jack Leaming and his pilot were taken to Yokohama. [Annotator's Note: Leaming was the rear gunner in the Douglas SDB...
Roy, William Yorktown Damage Control Photographs
[Annotator's Note: William Roy reviews a series of photographs he captured during the Battle of Midway in June 1942. He...
Roy, William Yorktown Photographer enters the War
William Roy had served in Battleship Division 5 in the Atlantic on the battleship Arkansas [Annotator's Note: USS...
Roy, William Yorktown Photographs from the Battle of Midway
[Annotator's Note: William Roy reviews a series of photographs he captured during the Battle of Midway in June 1942. He...
Roy, William Yorktown's Damage from Coral Sea
[Annotator's Note: William Roy was aboard the USS Yorktown (CV-5) and worked as the ship's photographer as she returned...
Arend, Aloysius "Al" Young Boy to Rifleman
Aloysius "Al" Arend was born in Chicago, Illinois in November 1925. He grew up and spent much of his life in nearby...
'2nd Marine Division Cemetery Tinian Island. Marine Corps in 1945
Aerial view down on 2nd Marine Division cemetery on Tinian Island. Official caption:'"2nd Marine Division Cemetery...
American military camp on Saipan in 1945
Aerial view of the 9th Bombardment Group's military camp on Saipan. "9th Group area." Probably 1945
American runways on Saipan in 1945
Aerial view of American runways on Saipan. "Fighter strip on Saipan." Probably 1945
American runways on Saipan in 1945
Aerial view of American runways on Saipan. "Fighter strip - Saipan." Probably 1945
"Alcan Highway 1767" truck and soldier with duffle bags, Alaska c.1943.
"Alcan Highway 1767" truck and soldier with duffle bags, probably Alaska c.1943.
"Hell's Belle" crew members relaxing, Hawaii, 1945
Slide. Staff Sergeant Jack N. Lebid [front left], Sergeant George Andrews, and Staff Sergeant Angelo M. Campanini...
"Hell's Belle" crew members relaxing, Saipan, 1945
Slide. Four crew members of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress "Hell's Belle" [tail code Z Square 7, serial number 42-24680...
"Hell's Belle" crew members relaxing, Saipan, 1945
Slide. Close-up of Sergeant John M. Birchett [left], Staff Sergeant Jack N. Lebid, and Sergeant George Andrew sitting...
"Hell's Belle" crew members, Saipan, 1945
Slide. Eleven crew members of the Boing B-29 Superfortress "Hell's Belle" [tail code Z Square 7, serieal number 42-...
"Hell's Belle" crew posing for a photograph, Hawaii, 1945
Slide. Crew of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress "Hell's Belle" [tail code Z Square 7, serial number 42-24680] gathered in...
"Hell's Belle" crew posing for a photograph, Hawaii, 1945
Slide. Crew of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress "Hell's Belle" [tail code Z Square 7, serial number 42-24680] gathered in...
"Hell's Belle" enlisted crew members, Saipan, 1944
Slide. The six enlisted crew members of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress "Hell's Belle" [tail code Z Square 7, serial...
"Hoodathunkit" tow truck in the Aleutian Islands c. 1943.
"Hoodathunkit" tow truck wrecker parked on a dirt roadway in the Aleutian Islands c. 1943.
"Klondike" paddle steamer, Yukon River c.1943.
"Klondike"(II) sternwheeler (paddle steamer) running freight between Whitehorse and Dawson City along the Yukon River,...
"Photo Lab" in a Quonset hut in the Pacific Theater, 1944-46
Quonset hut photography laboratory, "Photo lab." Pacific Theater. 1944-46
'Riverside Inn' staff on Tinian in 1945 or 1946
Five American Red Cross women in uniform with other staff servicemen in uniform. They are the staff of the American Red...
.30 cal water cooled MG near Damortis, Luzon in the Philippines in 1945
"30 cal. water cooled MG near Damortis, Luzon." [1945]
.30 cal water-cooled machine gun set up near Catman Hill, Leyte in the Philippines to stop a counterattack on 27 October 1944
".30 cal water cooled MG set up near Catman Hill, Leyte, PI to stop counterattack." 27 October 1944
10" Japanese rocket captured in Luzon City in the Philippines on 27 February 1945
"10" Jap [Japanese] rocket captured in Luzon City, Manila."27 February 1945
105 mm howitzers bombard Japanese positions from grounds of Santo Tomas in Manila in the Philippines on 5 February 1945
"105 mm howitzers bombard Jap positions from grounds of Santo Tomas." Manila. 5 February 1945
105 mm howitzers bombard Japanese positions from grounds of Santo Tomas in Manila in the Philippines on 5 February 1945
"105 mm howitzers bombard Jap positions from grounds of Santo Tomas." Manila. 5 February 1945
105 mm self propelled howitzers prepare to move up to forward positions on 17 February 1945
"105 mm self propelled howitzers prepare to move up to forward positions." 17 February 1945
105mm crew loads a shell into the breech during attack on Kwajalein in January 1944
105mm crew loads a shell into the breech during attack on Kwajalein. "W-CPA-44-107-C. 1/31. Weaver. Gun crew of 105...
105mm Howitzer gun crews surrounded by 105mm shells on Carlson Island, Kwajalein Atoll in January 1944
105mm Howitzers gun crews surrounded by 105 shells on Kwajalein beach. 'W-CPA-44-107-X 1/31. Weaver. Battery of 105...
108th Engineers carve a new road 10 miles south of Baguio on 13 March 1945
108th Engineers carve a new road 10 miles south of Baguio on 13 March 1945
117th Engineer Battalion, 37th Division Engineers search for mines South of Bambang, Luzon in the Philippines in 1945
"117th Engr. Bn. 37th Div. engineers search for mines South of Bambang, Luzon." [1945]
12" Japanese artillery piece captured by the 158th RCT at Cuenca, Batangas in the Philippines in 1945
"12" Jap [Japanese] artillery piece captured by 158th RCT." Cuenca, Batangas in the Philippines in 1945
12" Japanese artillery shell, captured by the 156th RCT at Cuenca, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines in March 1945
46" long 12" projectile." [1945]. "26 March 1945. Projectile of 50cm 12" Japanese artillery piece, captured by the...
129th Infantry Regiment mortar crew firing 42 mortars in Manila fighting in the Philippines in 1945
"129th Inf Regt mortar crew firing 4.2 mortars in Manila fighting." [1945]

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