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The 5th Marine Division places steel matting over the soft sands of Iwo Jima beach on February 1945
556.Photograph. 'CinCPac 5371 27 February 1945 'Rush Job' While foxholes and gun emplacements are hurriedly camouflaged...
The Army's Americal Division crouch on the sandy shore of the east coast of Cebu on 26 March 1945
390.Photograph. 'File Number 48797 April 7, 1945 Operation Cebu Caught in a combat 'tableaux' by the camera, troops of...
The weapons used by a U.S. soldier to force the surrender of a German soldier armed with a machine pistol in Italy on 27 November 1944
518.Photograph. Asian-American '27 Nov 44. 5/MM-44-30638. Fifth Army, Italy. 2nd Lt. Carmen C. Marra, 41 Highland Ave...
Troops take cover behind a large tank as it fires on enemy position in Europe in November 1944
Troops take cover behind a large tank as it fires on enemy positions. "ETO-HQ-44-26663. Rutberg. 20 Nov. Signal corps...
Two Scottish soldiers prepare to enter a house, Italy, 1943
Photograph. Two Scottish soldiers prepare to enter a house. Official caption on front: "MM-5-151122." Official caption...
Two US Marines shooting from foxhole behind crashed airplane pieces on Iwo Jima in February 1945
Two US Marines shooting from foxhole behind crashed airplane pieces. Official caption:'"Firing at Jap [Japanese]...
Two US Marines shooting from foxhole behind crashed airplane pieces on Iwo Jima in February 1945
Two US Marines shooting from foxhole behind crashed airplane pieces. Official caption:'"Firing at Jap [Japanese]...
US 7th Army troops firing a M101 howitzer, France, 1944
Photograph. United States Army soldiers from the 7th Army firing a 105 mm M101 howitzer in an open field. Official...
US Airborne infantrymen in action, France, 1944
Photograph. US Airborne infantrymen in action. Official caption on photo front: "7/MM-44-2109." Official caption on...
US and Allied soldiers take cover while under sniper fire, Lyons, France, 1944
Photograph. US and Allied soldiers take cover near a low wall while under sniper fire. Official caption on front: "7/MM...
US and French anti-aircraft units near Sant'Elia a Pianisi, Italy, 1944
Photograph. US and French anti-aircraft units man their weapons in rock-encircled gun emplacements. Official caption on...
US Army African American soldiers preparing for an attack, Bougainville Island
Photograph. United States Army African American soldiers in the 24th Infantry Regiment lying in prone position behind a...
US Army artillery troops firing an 8-inch Gun M1, Brest, 1944
Photograph. United States Army artillery troops shooting an 8-inch Gun M1 in a field; smoke surrounds the gun. Official...
US Army soldier advancing through enemy fire, Germany, 1945
Photograph. United States Army soldier running with a machine gun past the corpse of another soldier in a ditch; a jeep...
US Army soldier firing a flamethrower against Japanese forces near Nanacag, Philippines, 1945
Photograph. United States Army soldier kneeling while firing a flamethrower at Japanese forces. Official caption on...
US Army soldier firing a flamethrower at Japanese forces during the Battle of Balete Pass, Luzon, 1945
Photograph. United States Army soldier firing a flamethrower at Japanese soldiers in a jungle; other soldiers are...
US Army soldier shooting at retreating German soldiers, Cologne, Germany, 1945
Photograph. United States Army soldier shooting at retreating German soldiers in a war-damaged city street. Official...
US Army soldier taking cover, Saint-Vith, 1945
Photograph. Armed United States Army soldier crouching on one knee in a snow-covered street; smoke is rising in the...
US Army soldiers advancing behind a M4 Sherman tank, Bougainville Island
Photograph. United States Army soldiers taking cover behind a M4 Sherman tank as it advances through a jungle. Official...
US Army soldiers advancing behind a M4 Sherman tank, Bougainville Island
Photograph. United States Army soldiers crouching behind a M4 Sherman tank as it advances through a jungle. Official...
US Army soldiers advancing down a city street during combat, Germany
Photograph. United States Army soldiers taking cover behind houses during a street battle. Official caption on front: "...
US Army soldiers advancing past a dead soldier, Philippines, 1945
Photograph. Armed United States Army soldiers advancing along the base of a hillside past the body of a dead American...
US Army soldiers advancing through Bischwiller, France, 1944
Photograph. United States Army soldiers walking down a city street past the body of a dead American soldier on a...
US Army soldiers advancing towards Japanese forces, Carabao Island, 1945
Photograph. United States Army soldiers looking at a ridge while crouching on a war-damaged hill. Official caption on...
US Army soldiers and M10 tank destroyer firing at German forces near Paris, France, 1944
Photograph. Two United States Army soldiers taking cover behind a low wall near a M10 tank destroyer firing at German...
US Army soldiers and tank during combat, Panay Island, 1945
Photograph. United States Army tank firing at Japanese forces in a jungle; Americans soldiers are observing in the...
US Army soldiers climbing over a wall during an assault, Angers, 1944
Photograph. United States Army soldiers climbing over a large wall. Official caption on front: "12-ft. wall no obstacle...
US Army soldiers closing in on German soldiers in a farmhouse, Italy
Photograph. United States Army soldiers running near a farmhouse during a gunfight with German soldiers inside....
US Army soldiers covering the 88th Infantry Division at the Po, Italy, 1945
Photograph. Three United States Army soldiers firing a 57 mm Gun M1 while the 88th Infantry Division crosses the Po....
US Army soldiers crossing the Weser River, Germany
Photograph. United States Army soldiers crossing the Weser River in paddle boats from Wehrden to attack Furstenberg....
US Army soldiers destroying a Japanese pillbox, Marshall Islands, 1944
Photograph. United States Army soldiers encircling and destroying a Japanese pillbox; ammunition and debris are in the...
US Army soldiers entering a house on holding German snipers, Percy, 1944
Photograph. United States Army soldiers standing on a debris-covered sidewalk in front of a house with rifles at the...
US Army soldiers exchanging fire with German soldiers across the Rhône, Southern France, 1944
Photograph. United States Army soldiers shooting from behind a low wall toward German forces in a hospital across the...
US Army soldiers fighting in a valley near Santa Fe, Philippines, 1945
Photograph. United States Army soldiers fighting in a valley while other soldiers watch from a hill in the foreground....
US Army soldiers firing a 105 mm howitzer, Germany, 1944
Photograph. United States Army soldiers firing a 105 mm howitzer towards a town; ammunition shells are in the...
US Army soldiers firing a 155 mm Gun M1 in snow, Italy, 1945
Photograph. United States Army soldiers shooting a 155 mm Gun M1 "Long Tom" in deep snow. Official caption on front: "...

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