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P-39 airplane"43291" being rigged for lift by wrecker in the Aleutian Islands c. 1943.
Nine soldiers building tripod rigging to prepare P-39 airplane "43291" for lift by wrecker during retrieval operation...
P-39 airplane"43291" being rigged for lift by wrecker in the Aleutian Islands c. 1943.
Nine soldiers building tripod rigging to prepare P-39 airplane "43291" for lift by wrecker during retrieval operation...
P-47 fighter planes on the deck of an aircraft carrier in the Pacific Ocean, 1945
P-47 Thunderbolts aboard unidentified aircraft carrier; cockpits and noses covered with leather or canvas covers. "P-...
Pago Bay, Guam in 1945
Pago Bay, Guam in 1945. "Pago Bay near the M.C. [Marine Corps] Rifle range, Guam 45. By the swimming pool."
Pago Bay, Guam in 1945
Pago Bay, Guam in 1945. "Pago Bay."
Painting of Philippine coastline with US Navy in background in the 1940s
Painting of Philippine coastline with US Navy in background. 194-
Painting of US soldiers with young Filipino girls in the 1940s
Painting of US soldiers with young Filipino girls. 194-
Painting the USS Rutland in off Okinawa in 1945
Painting the USS Rutland in off Okinawa in 1945; the ship's hull number 'PA192' is clearly visible. From donor's notes...
Palm trees line the shore of a bay in Papua New Guinea in 1944
Palm trees line the shore of a bay. "Palm trees fringing the shore along the bay, on the way out to the native village...
Paratroopers with the 511th Parachute Infantry, 11th Airborne Division, jump on Appari, Luzon in the Philippines on 23 June 1945
"Paratroopers, 511th parachute Inf, 11th Airborne Div, jump on Appari, Luzon." 23 June 1945
Parked B-29s, Saipan, 1945
Slide. Several Boeing B-29 Superfortresses parked on a runway. Isley Field, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. 1945
Parked B-29s, Saipan, 1945
Slide. Three Boeing B-29 Superfortresses parked on a runway. Isley Field, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. 1945
Parked biplane, 1946
Slide. Grey biplane parked outside of a hanger. Location unknown. 1946
Parked plane, 1946
Slide. Navy and yellow plane parked outside of a hanger. Location unknown. 1946
Parked plane, 1946
Slide. Navy and white plane parked in a field in front of a hanger. Location unknown. 1946
Parked plane, 1946
Slide. Navy and yellow plane parked outside of a hanger. Location unknown. 1946
Patio of enlisted mens' club on Tinian in late 1945
Patio of enlisted mens' club on Tinian. "E. M. Service Club." Late 1945.
Patrol smokes out the Japanese hiding in forecastle of sunken ship in Manila Harbor at Manila in the Philippines in 1945
"Patrol smokes out Japs hiding in forecastle of sunken ship in Manila Harbor." [1945]
Personal effects of a dead American soldier lay in the grass at Talesea, New Britain in September 1944
Personal effects of a dead American soldier lay in the grass. "Remains of U.S. soldier killed by exploding mine at...
Philippine countryside scenes in 1944
"Philippine countryside scenes." Philippines. 1944.
Philippine countryside scenes in 1944
"Philippine countryside scenes." Philippines. 1944.
Philippine countryside scenes in 1944
"Philippine countryside scenes." Philippines. 1944.
Philippine General Hospital, Manila in the Philippines in February 1945
"Philippine General Hospital, Manila." February 1945
Philippine house boat or bangka on the Pasig River in Manila in June 1945
Philippine house boat or bangka on the Pasig River; automobiles can be seen in the background; in Manila. From donor's...
Philippine indigenous thatched roof dwellings or stores along a roadside at Tolosa, Leyte on 4 July 1945
Philippine indigenous thatched roof dwellings or stores along a roadside at Tolosa, Leyte on 4 July 1945. From donor's...
Philippine Legislative Building in Manila, Philippines in 1945
"Philippine Legislative Building, City Hall, Manila." Manila, Philippines. 1945
Philippine stores at a village along the roadside in Tolosa, Leyte on 4 July 1945
Philippine laundry and stores at a village along the roadside. One U.S. soldier sits in the shade near a clothesline....
Phone wire is carried across a river on a raft near Appari, Ballesteros in the Philippines in 1945
"Phone wire carried across river on raft near Appari, Luzon." [1945]
Photo officers talk with priests of Holy Ghost Church at Manila in the Philippines on 4 February 1945
"Photo officers talk with priests of Holy Ghost Church of Manila." 4 February 1945
Photograph of 5th Marine Division cemetery with image of Marines invading beaches in sky on Iwo Jima in 1945
Photograph of 5th Marine Division cemetery with image of Marines invading beaches in sky. Official caption:'"Montage of...
Photograph of map of roads and airfields on Guam, 1945-46
Photograph of map, "Island of Guam." Compiled by 41st Photo Reconnaissance photographs. Includes 1st, 2nd and 3rd class...
Photograph. Aerial views of the Aleutian Islands, most likely concentrating on Attu and its harbors in 1943
Aerial views of the Aleutian Islands, most likely concentrating on Attu and its harbors in 1943.
Photographer aboard the USS Rutland in 1945
Photographer aboard the USS Rutland; camera hanging around his neck. From donor's notes: "Your photographer." 1945
Photographer aboard the USS Rutland in 1945
Photographer aboard the USS Rutland; camera hanging around his neck. From donor's notes: "Your photographer." 1945

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