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A US soldier standing in front of a repurposed trailer used for sleeping in Burma in 1944
Photograph. A US soldier standing in front of a repurposed trailer used for sleeping in Burma in 1944. "This is our...
A US soldier takes a pause while brushing his teeth in India in 1944
Photograph. A US soldier takes a pause while brushing his teeth in India in 1944.
A US soldier takes a pause while brushing his teeth in India in 1944
Photograph. A US soldier takes a pause while brushing his teeth in India in 1944.
A view of barracks or mess of the 740th Ordnance Company on Cape Gloucester, New Britain August-September 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. A view of barracks or mess of the 740th Ordnance Company on Cape Gloucester. "...
A view of the barracks of the 740th Ordnance Company on Cape Gloucester, New Britain in August-September 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. A view of the barracks of the 740th Ordnance Company on Cape Gloucester. . "...
A view of the tents where the 740th Ordnance Company at Cape Gloucester, New Britain on 14 September 1944
A view of the tents where the 740th Ordnance Company works. "740th Ordnance Co. Shop area, New Britain." Reverse: "SWPA...
A wire crew of the 53rd Signal Battalion, stringing telephone wire at Radicosa, Italy on 7 December 1944
306.Photograph. '7 Dec 44. 5/MM-44-31309. Fifth Army, Radicosa, Italy. L-R: PFC. Henry B. Mann, 608 S. Eaton St.,...
A workout room aboard a hospital ship in Mobile, Alabama taken on 25 August 1945-3 September 1945
A workout room aboard a hospital ship. Official caption: ""W.O. #2432, Neg. #1815-27-45. 25 Aug.-- 3 Sep. 1945. 1. View...
A wrecked tent and a B-25 bomber with severely damaged horizontal and vertical stabilizers, Medenine, Tunisia, 1943
Side view of North American B-25D Mitchell bomber with severely damaged horizontal and vertical stabilizers plus...
Access door for binnacle compass aboard LST-170
Photograph. Access door for binnacle compass aboard LST-170. A sailor is sleeping on a cot in the background. Pacific...
Aeiral view of Tehran
Photograph, aerial. View of a main street surronded by buildings. Personal caption on reverse: "Teheran [sic]." Tehran...
Aerial tramway on a mountain
Photograph. Aerial tramway on a mountainside. Presumably Germany. 1945
Aerial view of a military compound
Photograph, aerial. Military compound consisting of large buildings on a dirt plot; farming fields are across the road...
Aerial view of a military compound
Photograph, aerial. Military compound consisting of large buildings spread out across several plots; farming fields are...
Aerial view of a mule convoy
Photograph, aerial. Convoy of mules with pack saddles traveling up a mountain; on Ledo Road or Burma Road. Personal...
Aerial view of American entrenchments, Scauri, Italy, 1944
Photograph, aerial. View of American entrenchments and craters from dozens of dropped bombs. Official caption on front...
Aerial view of an Army camp
Photograph, aerial. Rows of tents in a field surrounded by farm plots; a town is in the distant background. Presumably...
Aerial view of the Eniwetok Airstrip in August 1944
495.Photograph. Consolidated PB4Y-1 Liberators and Grumman F6F Hellcats on runway. 'File Number: 254811 August 8, 1944...
African American Marines boarding a transport ship
Photograph. A unit of African American Marines boarding a transport ship. Official caption on reverse: "3217. From:...
African American Marines boarding a transport ship
Photograph. Five African American Marines boarding a transport ship. Official caption on reverse: "3230. From: Public...
African American Marines on a ship deck, Pacific Ocean
Photograph. African American Marines posing on a ship deck. Official caption on reverse: "From: Public Relations...
African American Marines relaxing on ship deck, Pacific Ocean
Photograph. Three African American Marines relaxing on a ship deck. Two are smoking and one is reading. Official...
African American soldiers standing on the side of a muddy road, Hollandia, 1944
Photograph. Two African American servicemen standing on the side of a muddy road; a 2½-ton truck is parked in the mud....
African American USCG sailors posing in front of .50 cal anti-aircraft gun
Photograph. Four African American United States Coast Guard sailors posing in front of a MK21 .50 cal mount aboard LST-...
Airman filling up a water canteen, Saipan, 1945
Slide. Airman filling up a large canteen with water from a barrel. Isley Field, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. 1944
Airmen at Isley Field, Saipan, 1945
Slide. A shirtless airman adjusting an item on a table; another airman is standing at the edge of the foreground. Isley...
Airmen posing at a camp, Saipan, 1945
Slide. Six airmen sitting and leaning against a post next to water barrels. Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. 1945
Airstrip on an island
Photograph. Empty paved airstrip surrounded my palm trees. Location unknown. No date
Alan Bucher typing inside tent in Italy in 1944-45
Alan Bucher typing on small typewriter inside tent; he is sitting on cot, smoking a pipe. Italy. 1944-45
Allen Saidel and other servicemen at a camp, Hawaii, 1945
Photograph. Allen Saidel [back left] at the entrance of a military tent with four other servicemen. Personal caption on...
Allen Saidel and other servicemen at a camp, Hawaii, 1945
Photograph. Allen Saidel [far back left] and eight other servicemen at a military camp. The eight servicemen are...
Allen Saidel knelling on a hill, Hawaii, 1945
Photograph. Allen Saidel knelling at the top of a rocky hill; steam is rising in the middle. Personal caption on...
Allen Saidel sitting at the entrance of a tent, Hawaii, 1945
Photograph. Allen Saidel sitting on the wooden steps of a raised tent. Personal caption on reverse: "Me at my 'shack'...
Allied occupied damaged building
Photograph. Two-story brick building with a ¼ ton trailer and ambulance parked next to it. Location unknown. No date
Allied servicemen in the desert
Photograph. Allied servicemen standing outside of their vehicles in the desert. Personal caption on reverse: "On the...
Allied servicemen visiting Jerusalem
Photograph. A group of Allied servicemen walking past an ancient stone wall. Personal caption on reverse: "Jerusalem."...

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