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Servicemen in prone position
Photograph. Two American servicemen lying in prone position on side of road by a road sign for St. Hubert, Namur, Givet...
Servicemen in prone position, Belgium
Photograph. Two American servicemen lying in prone position on side of road by a road sign for St. Hubert, Namur, Givet...
Servicemen on top of a Krupp K5
Photograph. Three servicemen climbing down from the top of a parked Krupp K5, another serviceman is walking towards the...
Servicemen standing next to a knocked out German Tiger II tank
Photograph. Three American servicemen standing next to a knocked out German Tiger II tank; A forest of bare trees is in...
Servicemen standing next to a knocked out German Tiger II tank
Photograph. Three American servicemen standing next to a knocked out German Tiger II tank; a forest of bare trees is in...
Servicemen walking through Aachen, Germany
Photograph. Three American servicemen walking down a damaged street next to a sign for the city district of Aachen; a...
Servicemen walking through Aachen, Germany
Photograph. Three American servicemen walking down a damaged street next to a sign for the city district of Aachen; a...
Sherman tank advancing with troops through France in July 1944
Sherman tank advancing with troops. "ETO-HQ-44-7035. Bowen. 7 July. Signal corps photo. This photo taken in front of...
Smoke clouds
Photograph. Smoke clouds from explosions. Location unknown. No date
Smoke from US artillery shells rises over enemy positions, Italy, 1943
Photograph. Smoke from US artillery shells rises over enemy positions on a distant hillside. Official caption on front...
Soldier with flame-thrower is supported by Marine riflemen on Iwo Jima in February 1945
557.Photograph 'CinCPac 8005 26 February 1945 Last Stand A die-hard Jap [Japanese] on Iwo Jima gets a blast of liquid...
Soldiers advance on the town of Pier, Germany on 11 December 1944
Soldiers advance on a town. Official caption: "ETO HQ 44 29190 11 Dec. Credit...US Army Signal Corps. Photog...Wescott...
Soldiers advance over a hillside with avehicle smoking in the foreground in Italy, circa 1944.
69.Photograph. Soldiers advance over a hillside with a vehicle in the foreground. Italy. Probably the 3131 Signal...
Soldiers advancing through smoke in hill covered with low grass in Italy, circa 1944-1945.
97.Photograph. Soldiers advancing through smoke in hill covered with low grass. Italy. 1944-45
Soldiers fire smoke shells in Wallerfangen, Germany on 9 December 1945
Soldiers fire smoke shells. Note that the unit has been stricken in the caption. Official caption: "File. ETO HQ 44...
Soldiers firing into the town of Schlich, Germany on 10 December 1944
Soldiers firing into a German town. Note that units have been stricken in the caption and on the face of the photograph...
Soldiers run while under enemy fire in Sarre-Union, France on 2 December 1944
Soldiers run while under enemy fire. Official caption: "ETO HQ 44 28194 2 Dec. Credit---US Army Signal Corps. Photog...
Soldiers take cover in a field of crops in Prummern, Germany on 10 December 1944
Soldiers take cover in a field of crops. Official caption: "ETO HQ 44 28996 10 Dec. Credit...US Army Signal Corps....
Soldiers take cover under dragon's teeth in Germany in September 1944
Soldiers take cover under dragon's teeth, ant-itank obstacles. "ETO-HQ-44-15583. Wescott. 22 Sept. Signal corps photo....
Streams of tracer fire arching over a jungle, Cebu Island, 1945
Photograph. Streams of tracer fire arching over a jungle; large explosion in the center of the jungle; American...
Street fighting in Manila in the Philippines on 13 February 1945
"Street fighting in Manila." 13 February 1945
Tank crew firing on enemy, Italy, 1943
Photograph. Tank crew firing on enemy. Official caption on front: "MM-5-151274." Official caption on reverse: "Sig....
Tank destroyer blasting a German machine gun, Rome, 1944
Photograph. United States Army tank destroyer shooting at German machine gun nest on a city street. Official caption on...
Tank firing a flamethrower at a Okinawaese fortification, Okinawa, 1945
Photograph. Two armed United States Marines crouching and standing behind a M4 Sherman tank firing a flamethrower at a...
Tanks firing on enemy positions in Lurier, Luxembourg on 22 December 1944
Tanks firing on enemy positions. Note that the location has been stricken in the caption. Official caption: "These [sic...
Tanks firing on enemy positions in the Bischwiller Area, France on 1 February 1945
Tanks firing on enemy positions. Note that units have been stricken in the caption. Official caption: "7A 1405/ETOHQ 45...
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...

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