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Dead servicemen in a field
Photograph. Dead American servicemen lying in field covered by cloth next to downed plane. Personal caption on reverse...
Dead servicemen in a field
Photograph. Dead American servicemen lying in field covered by cloth next to downed plane. Location unknown. No date
Enemy ammo explodes near Naguilon, Luzon on 24 March 1945
"Enemy ammo explodes near Naguilon, Luzon." 24 March 1945
Enemy shell explodes on Okinawa Island, Japan, May 1945
Photograph. U.S. soldiers are seen on a beach in the foreground as a large explosion dominates the horizon. Official...
Engineers transporting a truck on the Seine River while under fire, Montreau, 1944
Photograph. United States Army engineers ferrying a truck across the Seine River while under fire; splashes of water...
Filipino civilians taking cover from a Japanese sniper, Manila
Photograph. Filipino civilians taking cover from Japanese sniper behind a war-damaged building. Official caption on...
German bombers destroying an American ammunition ship, Mediterranean Sea
Photograph. Large explosion in open ocean from the bombing of an American ammunition ship. Official caption on front: "...
German snipers firing at French civilians, Paris, 1944
Photograph. French civilians taking cover in a plaza during a celebration interrupted by German sniper fire; barbed...
German warplanes attacking American ships off the coast of Sicily, Italy, 1943
Photograph. Explosions from German warplane attacks in the water near American ships. Official caption on front: "...
Infantrymen clearing debris from a road, France, 1944
Photograph. Infantrymen clearing debris from a knocked out German halftrack and 105mm gun; one infantryman piles dirt...
Japanese bomb exploding near an American LST off the coast of Cape Gloucester, New Britain
Photograph. Explosion of water from a Japanese bomb strike near an American LST [Landing Ship, Tank] in open water....
Japanese forces attacking US Navy landing craft off the coast of Laiana, New Georgia Islands, 1943
Photograph. Explosions going off in the water around United States Navy landing craft approaching a coastline. Official...
Japanese planes fail to hit targets during raid off Guam in July 1944
508.Photograph. 'File Number: 238.964 August 22, 1944 Jap planes fail to hit targets during raid off Guam-White splash...
Landing craft burning in Lingayen Gulf, Philippines, 1945
Photograph. Smoke rising from a burning American landing craft; M4 Sherman tanks with deep wading vents arriving on a...
Landing crafts in the ocean, Tarawa, 1943
Photograph. Landing crafts carrying servicemen in the ocean; explosions are going off on the coast in the background....
M4 Sherman tank through Saint-Sever-Calvados, France, 1944
Photograph. United States Army soldiers in a M4 Sherman tank driving down a city street past war-damaged buildings....
Marine camp after a battle, Tarawa, 1943
Photograph. United States Marines carrying an injured or dead Marine on a litter; another Marine beside them is digging...
Marines awaiting invasion orders, Marshall Islands
Photograph. Marines in full gear waiting on a ship deck for orders to go ashore.. Official caption on reverse: "3514....
Marines carrying a wounded Marine on a stretcher, Tarawa, 1943
Photograph. Four United States Marines carrying an injured man on a stretcher on a beach. Official caption on front: "...
Marines pushing a raft of injured servicemen, Tarawa, November 1943
Photograph. United States Marines pushing raft filled with other injured Marines onto a beach. Personal caption on...
Marines resting aboard a Coast Guard transport ship. Enewetak Atoll, 1944
Photograph. Three Marines covered in dirt and gunpowder sip coffee aboard a Coast Guard transport ship after a battle....
Marines under fire, Tarawa, 1943
Photograph. United States Marines lying in prone position behind a sand dune as bullets fly throw the air. Official...
Members of a U.S. Navy beach battalion dive for protection as a German plane strafes the Normandy shore in June 1944
Members of a U.S. Navy beach battalion dive for protection on Normandy shore in June 1944. "File Number 252841. June 20...
Mortar-damaged landing craft off the coast of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, 1944
Photograph. American landing craft damaged by Japanese mortar fire floating in open water; United States servicemen are...
Navy surgeons operating on a wounded Marine aboard a Coast Guard ship, Enewetak Atoll, 1944
Photograph. Four Navy surgeons operating on a wounded Marine aboard a Coast Guard ship. Caption stamped in blue ink on...
Paratroopers under assault from German artillery in the Netherlands in October 1944
Soldiers under assault from German 88s. "ETO-HQ-44-17200. Poznak. 9 Oct. Signal corps photo. American paratroopers rush...
Servicemen advancing through a village
Photograph. Two American servicemen hiding behind residential building while a third runs to other side of road; a tank...
Servicemen advancing through a village
Photograph. Two American servicemen hiding behind residential building while a third runs to other side of road; a tank...
Servicemen fighting in a city
Photograph. Three servicemen peering over the rubble pile they are hiding behind. Personal caption on reverse: "Acosta...
Servicemen fighting in a city
Photograph. Three servicemen peering over the rubble pile they are hiding behind. Location unknown. No date
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 triumphantly holding a Japanese flag, Enewetak Atoll, 1944
Photograph. Marines and Coast Guardsmen triumphantly holding a Japanese flag in a landing craft alongside a ship....
Soldier exhibits helmet with bullet hole at Manila in the Philippines on 15 February 1945
"Soldier exhibits helmet with bullet hole, and bullet which raced around inside instead of killing him." Manila,...
Soldiers take cover from incoming enemy shelling in Niederbronn-Les-Bains on 10 December 1944
Soldiers take cover from incoming enemy shelling. Official caption: "6AG-27699/ETO HQ 44 29121 10 Dec. Credit...US Army...

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