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US patrol fires bazooka at German position, Italy, 1944
Photograph. US patrol fires bazooka at German position. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-3626"; Personal caption on...
US patrol fires on German position, Italy, 1944
Photograph. GI displays "dud" German shells. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-3532." Official caption on reverse: "...
US patrol moves toward German position, Italy, 1944
Photograph. US patrol moves toward German position. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-3628"; personal caption on...
US patrol storms a farmhouse, Italy, 1944
Photograph. US patrol storms a farmhouse. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-3630"; Personal caption on reverse: "15...
US rangers protect the advance of assault section, Italy, 1943
Photograph. US rangers protect the advance of assault section. Official caption on front: "7/MM-5-150344." Official...
US reconnaissance patrol fighting along a roadway, Southern France, 1944
Photograph. US reconnaissance patrol fighting along a roadway. Official caption on front: "7/MM-44-2390." Official...
US servicemen debarking a landing craft off the coast of Normandy, France, 1944
Photograph. American servicemen wading towards a smoke-covered beach, as seen from the deck of a landing craft....
US servicemen taking cover on a beach, Paesternum, 1943
Photograph. Three American servicemen lying flat on a beach while bombs land in the background. Official caption on...
US soldier and Filipino civilian hiding from Japanese fire, Bamban, 1945
Photograph. United States Army soldiers and a Filipino man hiding from Japanese fire behind row of bushes. Official...
US soldier throws grenade into a stone building, Italy, 1944
Photograph. US soldier throws grenade into a stone building. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-4037." Official...
US soldiers covering the advance of other soldiers, France, 1944
Photograph. Three United States Army soldiers firing rifles from behind a berm in a forest; more soldiers are in the...
US soldiers fire their weapons from a window, Italy, 1944
Photograph. US soldiers fire their weapons from an open window. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-3621." Official...
US soldiers firing a M114 155 mm howitzer at Japanese forces, Urdaneta, 1945
Photograph. United States Army soldiers firing a M114 155 mm howitzer at Japanese forces. Official caption on front: "...
US soldiers firing mortar during the Battle of Rapido River, Italy, 1944
Photograph. United States Army soldiers shooting a 81 mm mortar at German forces during the Battle of Rapido River near...
US soldiers leaving LCVP during invasion of Omaha beach in June 1944
US soldiers leaving LCVP [Landing craft vehicle, personnel] during invasion of Omaha beach. "Assault troops hit...
US soldiers lie in the streets during the battle for Rome, Italy, 1944
Photograph. US soldiers lie in the streets during the battle for Rome. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-6263."...
US soldiers load ammunition into an artillery weapon, Italy, 1943
Photograph. US soldiers load ammunition into an artillery weapon. Official caption on front: "MM-5-151315." Official...
US soldiers manning a 75 mm howitzer on Bougainville Island, 1943-45
US soldiers manning a 75 mm howitzer under camouflage netting in a jungle; one soldier is loading the gun while others...
US soldiers run forward from protection of German tank in Rome, Italy, 1944
Photograph. US soldiers run forward into a city street from the protection of a German tank. Official caption on front...
US soldiers run forward from protection of German tank in Rome, Italy, 1944
Photograph. US soldiers run forward into a city street from protection of a German tank. Official caption on front: "MM...
US soldiers storming the coast of North Africa, 1942
Photograph. American soldiers debarking PD29-4 and PD29-3 [from the attack transport USS Thomas Stone (APA-29)] and...
US soldiers take cover against a building wall in Rome, Italy, 1944
Photograph. US soldiers take cover against a building wall. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-6265." Official caption...
US soldiers taking cover behind a US tank in Rome, Italy, 1944
Photograph. US soldiers taking cover behind a US tank. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-6262." Official caption on...
US soldiers taking cover from German fire in the Bavarian Alps, Austria
Photograph. United States soldiers hiding from German fire below road bed; snow visible on ground and trees. Official...
US tank and Marines advancing down a dirt road, Guam, 1944
Photograph. United States Marines crouching on the side of a dirt as an American tank advances down the road; dense...
US tank and troops in Monte San Biagio, Italy, 1944
Photograph. US tank and troops train their weapons on trapped Germans. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-5498."...
US tank crew watching flamethrowers attacking Okinawaese troops, Okinawa, 1945
Photograph. United States Marines sitting on top of a M4 Sherman tank in a field; a column of smoke in rising in the...
US tank destroyer being used as artillery, Germany, 1944
Photograph. Three United States Army soldiers loading a tank destroyer parked at an incline under a camouflage net....
US tank destroying a Okinawaese strong point, Okinawa, 1945
Photograph. United States Marine lying in prone position while observing a flame throwing tank firing at a Japanese...
US tank fires on German machine gun nest in Rome, Italy, 1944
Photograph. US tank fires on German machine gun nest. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-6279." Official caption on...
US tank on a rail line, Italy, 1944
Photograph. US tank on a rail line. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-5550." Official caption on reverse: "Signal...
US tanks advancing through a field, Guam, 1944
Photograph. American tanks driving through an open field while Marines man a 37mm anti-tank gun in the foreground....
US tanks advancing through a field, Okinawa, 1945
Photograph. Armed United States Marine walking alongside a M4 Sherman tank in a n open field; other Sherman tanks are...
US troops attacking an enemy position, Italy, 1944
Photograph. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-10411." Official caption on reverse: "Signal Corps Radio Telephoto....
US troops fire on an enemy position in Monte San Biagio, Italy, 1944
Photograph. US troops fire on an enemy position. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-5547." Official caption on reverse...
US troops storming Lingayen beach, Philippines, 1945
Photograph. United States Army troops and amphibious landing craft storming a beach; war-damaged buildings are in the...

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