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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,...
Angst, Lawrence Wounds and Suicides
The first thing that Lawrence Angst would do if he came to a soldier missing a limb was try to stop the bleeding. He...
Goodrich, James Wrapping up Guadalcanal and the Cost of Taking Tarawa
James Goodrich and his buddy dug a foxhole. His buddy put a big branch across the top of the hole. Later that night...
Brannon, Mark Wrecked in the Pacific
After the landings at Cape Gloucester [Annotator's Note: Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Papua New Guinea], Mark Brannon...
Livaudais, James WWII Museum Visit
James Livaudais toured the third floor of the Louisiana Memorial Pavilion of The National WWII Museum with multiple...
Maiten, Sidney Yalta Conference
Sidney Maiten and his ship [Annotator's Note: USS Catoctin (AGC-5)] sailed to Sevastopol for the Yalta Conference....
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 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...
Simons, F.M. Young People at War
F.M. Richard Simons' worst memories are of the cold and the fear of falling asleep in his foxhole. They had wire with...
548th Ordnance Heavy Maintenance Company repairing weapons at Hunter Liggett Military Reservation on 24 March 1944
1897. '3-24-44. Boll. 548th Ord H M Co. (FA). Small Arms Repair Shop. This shop does repair work on guns up to and...
A man does repairs on the inside of a ship at an unknown location in the 1940s
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. A man does repairs on the inside of a ship. "All kinds of repairs are made in...
A man in a swimsuit paints the side of an LCVP or LCM at New Britain in September 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. A man in a swimsuit paints the side of an LCM. "Landing craft are beached for...
A man welding a ladder to the side of a vehicle at an unknown location in the 1940s
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. A man welding a ladder to the side of a vehicle. "All kinds of repairs are made...
A soldier takes down a large tree along the Ledo Road in Burma in 1944
Photograph. A soldier takes down a large tree along the Ledo Road in Burma in 1944.
A view of a bridge being constructed in the jungles of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands in 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. A view of a bridge being constructed in the jungles of Guadalcanal. "Engineers...
A view of a bridge being constructed in the jungles of Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands in 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. A view of a bridge being constructed in the jungles of Guadalcanal. "Engineers...
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.,...
Aerial view of a port in Southern Italy before the invasion of Southern France in August 1944
218.Photograph. Invasion. 'File No.59473 August 23, 1944 Allied arsenal from which bolt was launched Aerial view of a...
An infantryman of the 6th South African Armored Division watches his buddies load on jeeps which will take them to the base of Monte Pezza at Veggio, Italy on 15 November 1944
478.Photograph. '15 Nov. 44. 5/MM-44-30179. Fifth Army, Veggio Area, Italy. An infantryman of the 6th South African...
An officer uses a sextant while a sailor writes down data in the Pacific in 1945
An officer uses a sextant while a sailor writes down data. "Chief Quartermaster Moe. Executive Officer Mendonhoss....
Bucket brigades swab off the decks of the giant USS Iowa during her shakedown cruise in October 1944
USS Iowa. "59494 October 26, 1944 Wash Day for the Big 'I'--- Bucket brigades swab off the decks of the giant USS Iowa...
Coast Guardsmen use ropes to cross melted ice on a bay in Greenland as they search for Nazi radio-weather installations
499.Photograph. 'File No. 2977 Crossing a 'puddle' in Greenland on hunt for Nazi weather station Coast Guardsmen, armed...
Colonel awarded the Legion of Merit Award at Camp Gruber, Oklahoma on 15 June 1944
1265. '6-15-44. G. Barry. Photo shows Major Gen. Harry J. Collins (left) commanding officer of the 42nd Inf. Div., Camp...
Commanding officer pinning combat infantry badge at Fort Benning, Georgia on 10 July 1944
1344. '10 July 44. DuTiel. Colonel Robert H. Lord, Commanding Officer of the 1st Student Training Regiment, Fort...
Commanding officer pinning infantry badge on infantryman at Fort Benning, Georgia on 10 July 1944
1343. '10 July 44. DuTiel. Col. E.H. Lord, Commanding Officer of the 1st Student Training Regt., Fort Benning, Ga.,...
Crew assembled for inspection onboard LCI-226 in New Guinea circa 1943
Crew assembled for inspection onboard USS LCI(L)-226. "LCI(L) crew (deck gang) ready for inspection." New Guinea. Circa...
Crew inspect and repair a Lockheed P-38 Lightning at an unknown Pacific location during World War II
Crew inspect and repair a Lockheed P-38 Lightning at an unknown Pacific location during World War II. Probably on New...
Engineers work to restore a bridge on road to Baguio in the Philippines in 1945
"Engineers work to restore bridge on road to Baguio, Luzon." [1945]
Enlisted men aboard the USS Iowa form 'swab brigades' to keep their mighty ship sparkling during the shakedown cruise in October 1944
287.Photograph. USS Iowa. '256646 October 26, 1944 Shakedown Scrubdown-- Enlisted men aboard the USS Iowa form 'swab...
Explosions hurl smoke and sea water high around two of the Japanese ships attacked by Commander Norman M. 'Bus' Miller, at Kwajalein in September 1944
403.Photograph. Consolidated PB4Y-1 Liberator. 'File No: 46576 September 21, 1944 Saga of Bus Miller--- Explosions hurl...
Four officers receive the Legion of Merit Award, Algiers, Algeria, 1944
Photograph. General Andre, Air Commodore Pankhurst, Lt. Colonel Bastion and Major Stowikowski receive the Legion of...

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