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Anschau, Martin Wounded, Recovery then War’s End
Martin J. Anschau and his outfit crossed an open field [Annotator’s Note: in Belgium with the 290th Infantry Regiment,...
Davis, Jack Wrapping up the War
Jack Davis and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company D, 1st Battalion, 10th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division]...
Brannon, Mark Wrecked in the Pacific
After the landings at Cape Gloucester [Annotator's Note: Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Papua New Guinea], Mark Brannon...
Downs, Raymond Writing his Memoirs
Raymond Downs and a historian wrote a book about the experience. He collected his mother's, father's, and sister's...
Livaudais, James WWII Museum Visit
James Livaudais toured the third floor of the Louisiana Memorial Pavilion of The National WWII Museum with multiple...
Knese, Benard WWII to Korea
Bernard Knese moved from England to France in early 1945. Knese served in the Korean War [Annotator's Note: Korean War...
Weber, Norman Yellow Stars and Life in Berlin
As a child in Berlin [Annotator’s Note: Berlin, Germany in 1941], Norman Weber remembers seeing people walking on the...
Roy, William Yorktown Damage Control Photographs
[Annotator's Note: William Roy reviews a series of photographs he captured during the Battle of Midway in June 1942. He...
Roy, William Yorktown Photographer enters the War
William Roy had served in Battleship Division 5 in the Atlantic on the battleship Arkansas [Annotator's Note: USS...
Roy, William Yorktown Photographs from the Battle of Midway
[Annotator's Note: William Roy reviews a series of photographs he captured during the Battle of Midway in June 1942. He...
Roy, William Yorktown's Damage from Coral Sea
[Annotator's Note: William Roy was aboard the USS Yorktown (CV-5) and worked as the ship's photographer as she returned...
Ross, Hartsel Young Man to Merchant Marine
Hartsel Ross joined the Maritime Services [Annotator's Note: the US Merchant Marine] in January 1944. He boarded a...
Symons, John Yunnanyi, China
John Symons was in Karachi, India and assigned to the 25th Fighter Squadron [Annotator's Note: 25th Fighter Squadron,...
"Hell's Belle" crew members relaxing, Hawaii, 1945
Slide. Staff Sergeant Jack N. Lebid [front left], Sergeant George Andrews, and Staff Sergeant Angelo M. Campanini...
"Hell's Belle" crew members relaxing, Saipan, 1945
Slide. Four crew members of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress "Hell's Belle" [tail code Z Square 7, serial number 42-24680...
"Hell's Belle" crew members relaxing, Saipan, 1945
Slide. Close-up of Sergeant John M. Birchett [left], Staff Sergeant Jack N. Lebid, and Sergeant George Andrew sitting...
"Hell's Belle" crew members, Saipan, 1945
Slide. Eleven crew members of the Boing B-29 Superfortress "Hell's Belle" [tail code Z Square 7, serieal number 42-...
"Hell's Belle" crew posing for a photograph, Hawaii, 1945
Slide. Crew of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress "Hell's Belle" [tail code Z Square 7, serial number 42-24680] gathered in...
"Hell's Belle" crew posing for a photograph, Hawaii, 1945
Slide. Crew of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress "Hell's Belle" [tail code Z Square 7, serial number 42-24680] gathered in...
1st Lt. Warren G. Glover during a mission, Pacific Islands, 1945
Slide. First Lieutenant Warren G. Glover [Bombardier] turning backwards inside the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Z Square...
345th Bombardment Group attacking a Japanese destroyer escort, Pacific Ocean
Photograph, aerial. North American B-25 Mitchell bombers from the 345th Bombardment Group attacking a Japanese...
3rd Fleet ships attacking a Japanese ship, East China Sea
Photograph, aerial. United States Navy carrier-based aircrafts torpedoing a Japanese ship. Official caption on front: "...
505th Bomb Group B-29 taxiing on North Field, Tinian, 1945
Photograph. 505th Bomb Group B-29 taxiing on an airstrip. Two B-29s are in the background; one is flying and the other...
5th Air Force bombers attacking a Japanese transport ship, Pacific Ocean
Photograph, aerial. United States bombers from the 5th Air Force attacking a Japanese transport ship; large columns of...
A B-25 bomber takes off near a crashed B-25, 1942-45
A crashed North American B-25 Mitchell medium bomber with Star-in-Circle insignia. In the background there is a second...
A canopy of smoke rises from the shores of Guam as Navy guns and planes hammer the Japanese base on 21 July 1944
502.Photograph. 'File Number: 59458 August 2, 1944 Jap [Japanese] funeral pyre on Guam A towering canopy of gray and...
A crashed B-25 bomber in North Africa (probably), 1942-43
A crashed North American B-25D Mitchell bomber (Tail Number 33929 and a large '24' above it). The nose and left engine...
A crewman works on a damaged engine in shallow water, Mediterranean Sea, 1942-44
Scanned photo showing the left engine resting on the ground, in shallow water, with a bent propeller and a crewman...
A damaged B-25 bomber on its belly, 1942-45
Front view of a North American B-25 Mitchell medium bomber, with bent propeller blades, that has suffered...
A damaged P-38 Lightning in New Guinea on 29 March 1943
Photograph. A damaged P-38 Lightning in New Guinea. "P-38 shot down in New Guinea 1944. This ship belongs to Major...
A General Motors built Avenger roars over the beachhead on Panson Island on 20 October 1944
397.Photograph. Grumman TBM Avenger flies above landing forces, 'File Number 287577 Navy Lands Army on Panson Pictorial...
A group of Army A-20 Havoc attack bombers roaring out over the sea enroute to bomb Nazi positions in Cisterno, Italy in 28 March 1944
Douglas A-20 Havoc. "File No: 58963 March 28, 1944 A-20's smash at Cisterno Emphasizing the close cooperation with...
A Japanese light tank hit by an air strike at Tuguegarao in the Philippines in 1945
Photograph. Captured US M3 Stuart used by the Japanese. Official caption, "Jap [Japanese] light tank hit by air strike...
A Martin B-26 Marauder in taxiing out to take off on mission, probably in 1945 in Europe
A Martin B-26 Marauder in taxiing out to take off on mission, probably in 1945 in Europe. "Taxiing out to take off on...
A Mitchell B-25 straffing and dropping parafrag bombs on a Japanese airfield in the Dutch East Indies in 1942
Photograph. A Mitchell B-25 straffing and dropping parafrag bombs on a Japanese airfield in the Dutch East Indies. "...

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