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Sailors in a patrol boat on the Weser River, Germany, 1945
Photograph. Four United States sailors on a patrol boat on the Weser River; other boat as well as docks are in the...
Sailors on the quarterdeck of patrol boat, Germany, 1945
Photograph. Two United States sailors on the quarterdeck of patrol boat on the Weser River; a dock is in the background...
Sailors on the quarterdeck of patrol boat, Germany, 1945
Photograph. Two United States sailors posing with a flag of the United States on the quarterdeck of a patrol boat on...
Sailors on the quarterdeck of patrol boat, Germany, 1945
Photograph. Two United States sailors smoking on the quarterdeck of a patrol boat on the Weser River; a military camp...
Sailors posing in front of a captured German submarine school, Germany, 1946
Photograph. Two United States sailors standing in front two large brick buildings at captured German submarine school;...
Sailors posing in front of a captured German submarine school, Germany, 1946
Photograph. Two United States sailors standing in front two large brick buildings at captured German submarine school;...
Sailors posing in front of captured German submarine school, Germany, 1945
Photograph. Seaman Second Class Lewis Finkelstein [right] and two other United States sailors posing on a hill in front...
Sailors posing with German civilians, Germany
Photograph. Three United States sailors wearing their Service Dress Blues standing next to a young, barefoot German...
Serviceman posing with a Nazi flag, Germany, 1945
Photograph. United States serviceman kneeling in front of a Nazi flag while holding up a bottle of liquor. Personal...
Shantytown, Japan, 1945
Photograph. City slums with shacks made of corrugated metal, small gardens in front. Japan. 1945
Sign regarding Geisha in Tokyo, Japan after 1945
Sign reads "All of these Geisha girls have a venereal disease of some sort. Be sure to take a pro." Probably Tokyo,...
Sika deer grazing near Itsukushima Shrine, Itsukushima
Photograph. Two Sika deer grazing along the shoreline in front of Itsukushima Shinto Shrine. Official caption on front...
Single story concrete building possibly commandeered by American troops probably in Tokyo, Japan after 1945
Single-story concrete building possibly commandeered by American troops probably in Tokyo, Japan after 1945.
Small boat cruising by a coastal city, Japan
Photograph. Small boat cruising by a coastal city; industrial buildings are along the shoreline. Japan. No date
Street scene in industrial area, Japan, 1945
Photograph. Street scene at crossroads in industrial area. Sailors in the background. Japan. 1945
Three Japanese soldiers ride horses across a city street, Japan, 1945
Photograph. Three Japanese soldiers without weapons ride horses across streetcar tracks. Japan. 1945
Two American soldiers sitting on concrete railing with Japanese style statuary in background in postwar Japan
Two American sergeants, one with a Ports of Embarkation right shoulder sleeve insignia, sitting on concrete railing...
U.S. Army soldiers looking at damaged structures in Liège, Belgium, April 1945
Photograph. Back view of U.S. Army soldiers looking -- probably from vehicle or train car -- at buildings and a bridge...
U.S. Army soldiers stand near 2-½ ton military cargo truck, France, 1945
Photograph. Fifteen unidentified U.S. Army soldiers wearing four-pocket jackets stand near 2-½ ton CCKW military cargo...
US liberty ships docked in a harbor, Japan
Photograph. Several large United States liberty ship and a Navy ship docked in a harbor; a LCVP filled with sailors is...
US military vehicles parked at an industrial plant, Yokosuka
Photograph. United States military vehicles parked on and below a platform at an industrial plant. Official caption on...
US MP sailor stands outside, Japan, 1945
Photograph. US military police sailor stands smiling on street, unarmed except for a billy club/baton/truncheon around...
US naval officers sitting on rubble pile with Japanese children, Japan, 1945
Photograph. US naval officers sitting on rubble pile with Japanese children. Japan. 1945
US Navy sailor standing in front of the Miss Lotta Tail Privateer, Japan
Photograph. United States Navy sailor posing by the nose of the "Miss Lotta Tail" Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer...
US Navy sailor standing in front of the Modest O' Miss II Privateer, Japan
Photograph. United States Navy sailor posing by the nose of the "Modest O' Miss II" Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer...
US Navy sailor standing in front of the Modest O' Miss II Privateer, Japan
Photograph. United States Navy sailor posing by the nose of the "Modest O' Miss II" Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer...
US Navy sailors and Japanese civilians walking through Isezakichō, Yokohama
Photograph. United States Navy sailors and Japanese civilians walking down sidewalks in Isezakichō; an American Red...
US Navy sailors exiting a naval base, Yokosuka
Photograph, aerial. United States Navy sailors exiting a naval shore patrol base. Yokosuka, Japan. No date
US Navy ship off the coast of Japan
Photograph. United States Navy sailor posing on the deck of a ship; a coastline is in the background. Japan. No date
US Navy ships in a Japanese harbor
Photograph. United States Navy ships in Japanese harbor; a LCVP in the middleground is cruising towards the shoreline....
US sailor looking up at large factory on hill, Japan
Photograph. US sailor looking up at large factory on hill. Japan. 1945
US sailors walk along street, Japan
Photograph. US sailors walk along street in Japanese town. Japan. 1945
US servicemen and civilian Japanese near construction site, Japan
Photograph. US sailors and officers stand around with Japanese civilians near large steel construction project. Japan....
US servicemen and civilian Japanese near construction site, Japan
Photograph. US sailors and officers stand around with Japanese civilians near large steel construction project. Japan....
US servicemen outside Bureau of Prisons, PTO, 1945
Photograph. US servicemen and jeep outside of Bureau of Prisons’gate, possibly in Manila, Philippine Islands. PTO. 1945
US Ships in a harbor, Japan
Photograph. American vessels and United States Navy ships anchored in a harbor; a coastal city is in the foreground....

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