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Squad pinned down by machine gun fire during training at Fort Benning, Georgia on 6 July 1944
1332. '6 July 44 Austin. Squad pinned down by M. G. [machine gun] fire, receiving instructions from squad leader during...
Taken during Japanese at on Darwin, Australia in 1942
Taken during a Japanese attack on Darwin, Australia in 1942.
Taken during Japanese at on Darwin, Australia on 29 July 1942
Taken during Japanese at on Darwin, Australia on 29 July 1942. "Darwin during raid July 29, 1942."
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...
Two explosions close to a ship near Papua New Guinea, 1943-1945
Two Coast Guard personnel man an antiaircraft gun as another points above. Two explosions are seen in the water nearby...
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]...
U.S. Army engineers clear streets in Inden, Germany on 10 December 1944
U.S. Army engineers clear streets. Note that units have been stricken in the caption. Official caption: "ETO HQ 44...
U.S. Marine planting the American flag at Shuri Castle, Okinawa, Japan, June 1945
Photograph. U.S. Marine Lieutenant Colonel R. P. Ross, Jr. planting the American flag on a defensive wall. Official...
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 armored recovery vehicles retrieving damaged tank near Beggendorf, Germany
Photograph. United States Army armored recovery vehicles (ARVs) retrieving a damaged tank in a tilled field; the ARVs...
US Army solders under Japanese fire in a residential area of Manila, Philippines
Photograph. United States Army soldiers crouching on one side of a city street sidewalk as other soldiers, an artillery...
US Army soldier shooting at a Japanese sniper, Philippines
Photograph. United States Army soldier shooting at a sniper while lying in prone position; a dead soldier is lying on...
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 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 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 following a M10 tank destroyer while under German fire, France, 1944
Photograph. United States Army soldiers following a M10 tank destroyer down a road near a stone wall; one of the...
US Army soldiers raising an American flag while under Japanese fire, Corregidor Island, 1945
Photograph. Two United States Army servicemen climbing up a bare tree trunk in order to raise an American flag....
US Army soldiers storming onto a beach, Luzon, 1945
Photograph. Distant view of United States Army soldiers debarking from landing craft onto a beach during an amphibious...
US Army soldiers taking cover behind a local house, Leyte
Photograph. United States Army soldiers lying in prone at the base of a Nipa house. Official caption on front: "Troops...
US Army soldiers taking cover behind a LVT, Lingayen Gulf
Photograph. United States Army soldiers taking cover from Japanese fire behind a LVT [Landing Vehicle, Tracked] in a...
US Army soldiers taking cover behind a tank, Geich, 1944
Photograph. Two United States Army soldiers sitting behind a tank, the soldier on the left is holding a machine gun,...
US Army soldiers taking cover behind a tank, Nuremberg
Photograph. United States Army soldiers taking cover from German fire behind a tank in a city street. Official caption...
US Army soldiers taking cover behind tanks, Sankt Andreasberg
Photograph. United States Army soldiers taking cover behind two M4 Sherman tanks during a street battle. Official...
US Army soldiers taking cover during an attack in Scharnitz, Austria, 1945
Photograph. United States Army soldiers hiding in a snow-covered ditch while an abandoned M4 Sherman tank sits on the...
US Army soldiers taking cover from German fire, Brest, 1944
Photograph. United States Army soldiers taking cover behind two war-damaged buildings. Official caption on front: "...
US Army soldiers taking cover from Japanese fire, Leyte, 1944
Photograph. United States Army soldiers taking cover from Japanese fire. Official caption on front: "Troops pinned down...
US Army soldiers taking cover from Japanese fire, Philippines, 1945
Photograph. United States Army soldiers hiding from Japanese fire behind trees; a tank is in the background. Official...
US Army soldiers taking cover in a bomb crater, Jolo Island
Photograph. United States Army soldiers taking cover from Japanese fire in a bomb crater. Official caption on front: "...
US Army soldiers taking cover in a jungle, Rendova Island, 1943
Photograph. United States Army soldiers taking cover in a jungle; many are crouching while some are standing in the...
US Army soldiers taking cover while heading to Angers, France, 1944
Photograph. Two United States Army soldiers taking cover from German fire on a roadside; a column of smoke is rising in...
US Army soldiers under heavy Japanese fire, Leyte, 1944
Photograph. United States Army soldiers taking cover from enemy fire on a beach during an amphibious landing; LSTs [...
US Army troops tending to a damaged truck, Tunisia
Photograph. United States Army troops tending to truck damaged by a German warplane. Official caption on front: "Result...
US Army unit advancing down a city street under German fire, France, 1944
Photograph. United States Army soldiers and camouflaged tanks advancing down a city street under German fire. Official...
US Army unit advancing through Fontainebleau, France, 1944
Photograph. United States Army soldiers following a tank down a street. Official caption on front: "Moving into...

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