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Bodies of dead concentration camp victims laid out on the ground at Buchenwald concentration camp, Germany, May 1945
Photograph. Blurry image of hundreds of bodies of dead concentration camp victims laid out on the ground inside...
Bodies of dead Japanese soldiers lie near railroad tracks, Saipan, 1944
Photograph. The bodies of dead Japanese soldiers lie on the ground near railroad tracks. Personal caption: "Replused [...
Bodies of dead Japanese soldiers lie on a beach, Saipan, 1944
Photograph. The bodies of dead Japanese soldiers lying on a beach. Personal caption: "Saipan - 1944." Saipan. 1944
Bodies of dead US Marines being transported, Pacific Ocean
Photograph. Bodies of four United States Marines wrapped in American flags aboard a LCVP [Landing Craft, Vehicle,...
Bodies of deceased German and British soldiers lie on the ground, Cassino, Italy, 1943
Photograph. Bodies of deceased German and British soldiers lie on the ground outside of the monastery walls. Official...
Bodies of deceased German and British soldiers, Cassino, Italy, 1943
Photograph. Bodies of deceased German and British soldiers. Official caption on front: "MM-5-151062." Official caption...
Bodies of deceased soldiers are surrounded by their living compatriots, San Pietro, Italy, 1943
Photograph. Bodies of deceased soldiers are surrounded by their living compatriots. Official caption on front: "MM-5-...
Bodies of Filipino civilians killed by Japanese are piled in back of truck on 19 February 1945
"Bodies of Filipino civilians killed by Japs are piled in back of truck." 19 February 1945
Bodies of US Coast Guardmen killed during the attack on the USS Callaway, Lingayen Gulf, 1945
Photograph. Bodies of dead Coast Guardsmen wrapped in white sheets on a ship deck. Official caption on front: "Coast...
British soldiers pass the corpses of German soldiers on a country track, Italy, 1944
Photograph. British soldiers pass the corpses of German soldiers on a country track. Official caption on front: "MM-5-...
Broken down jeep
Photograph. American jeep on the side of a road with its hood up and a rear tire missing. Location unknown. No date
Burial at sea ceremony aboard the USS Intrepid off the coast of Luzon, Philippines
Photograph. United States Navy sailors holding flags of the United States at the edge of the USS Intrepid (CV-11)....
Burial at sea ceremony on the deck of the USS Lexington, Pacific Ocean
Photograph. United States sailors and officers saluting the flag-draped bodies of two deceased sailors on the deck of...
Burial at sea, Tinian, 1944
Photograph. United States Marine Corps chaplain leading a funeral service at the edge of the deck of a ship. Official...
Burial of US soldier in Marzanello, Italy, 1944
Photograph. Soldiers attend the funeral of a fallen comrade. Official caption on front: "MM-5-152363"; Official...
Burnt Japanese corpse in a foxhole, Engebi Island, 1944
Photograph. A Japanese soldier's burnt corpse halfway out of a foxhole. Official caption on reverse: "3339. From:...
Burnt Japanese corpse in a foxhole, Engebi Island, 1944
Photograph. A Japanese soldier's burnt corpse standing halfway out of a foxhole. Official caption on reverse: "3340....
Cemetery with crosses in jungle in Burma in 1945
Cemetery with crosses in jungle. "Graveyard in Burma " the results of the Battle of Hosi Valley and Naushkan Ridge....
Chaplain conducts a battlefield burial on Ie Shima Island, Japan, 1945
Photograph. U.S. chaplain conducts services, with fuel drums serving as an altar, for Americans who fell during battle...
Charred torso of a Japanese man
Photograph. Charred torso of a Japanese man, presumably the victim of a bombing; his legs are missing and his abdominal...
Civilians killed by Japanese troops at the intersection of Isaac Peral & Marque du Comillas Streets in Manila in the Philippines in 1945
"Civilians, with hand tied, were killed by Jap troops. Filipino and Chinese civilians killed by Jap troops at the...
Civilians, with hands tied, were killed by Japanese troops in the Philippines on 13 February 1945
"Civilians, with hands tied, were killed by Jap troops." 13 February 1945
Coast Guardsman examining a dead Japanese soldier, Enewetak Atoll, 1944
Photograph. Coast Guardsman standing over the body of a dead Japanese soldier in a beach trench. Caption stamped in...
Coast Guardsman Joseph Gadek Jr. holding the Purple Heart medal awarded to his deceased brother, New York
Photograph. Teenage Coast Guardsman Joseph Gadek, Jr. holding the Purple Heart medal awarded to his deceased brother....
Coast Guardsmen carrying a flag-shrouded native corpse on a stretcher, Marshall Islands
Photograph. Five Coast Guardsmen carrying an American flag-shrouded native corpse on a stretcher through a cemetery in...
Corpse awaiting burial, Dachau concentration camp, Germany, 1945
Photograph. Emaciated, partially-clothed corpse lying on a stretcher. Dachau concentration camp, Germany. May 1945
Corpse in prison camp, 1945
Photograph. Corpse caught in a barbed wire fence. Presumably a concentration camp. Europe. 1945
Corpse in prison camp, 1945
Photograph. Corpse lying under a busted mattress. Two civilian women in the background. Presumably a concentration camp...
Corpse in prison camp, 1945
Photograph. Swollen corpses lying on the ground. Civilians and soldiers walking in the background near a fence....
Corpse in prison camp, 1945
Photograph. Man with unbuttoned shirt lies under a mattress. Eyes open but might be dead. Presumably a victim in a...
Corpse in prison camp, 1945
Photograph. Blackened corpse lies under a barbed wire fence. Presumably a victim in a concentration camp. Europe. 1945
Corpse in prison camp, 1945
Photograph. Blackened naked corpse lies on the ground. Presumably a victim in a concentration camp. Europe. 1945
Corpse in prison camp, 1945
Photograph. Corpse lying facedown on the ground. Open metal container nearby. Fenced compound in the background....
Corpses in prison camp, 1945
Photograph. Swollen corpses lying on the ground near a fence. Presumably a concentration camp. Europe. 1945
Corpses of dead Japanese soldiers, Saipan, 1944
Photograph. Shallow muddy ditch holds the bodies of dead Japanese soldiers. Personal caption: "Saipan - 1944." Saipan....

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