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A funeral for fallen soldiers, probably on a Pacific island, 1942-1945
Deceased American soldiers lie in a mass grave; their bodies are wrapped and their boots are on. Surviving soldiers...
A funeral pyre in India in 1943
Photograph. A funeral pyre in India in 1943.
A GI inspects the pierced helmet of an Italian soldier killed in a battle, Italy, 1943
Photograph. Sergeant Kestelz kneels in a graveyard and inspects the pierced helmet of an Italian soldier killed in a...
A grave for a British or Australian soldier in New Guinea during World War II
A grave for a British or Australian soldier in New Guinea during World War II.
A grave for three Japanese soldiers in the Pacific in 1944
A grave for three Japanese soldiers in the Pacific in 1944. The sign reads: "Three Good Nips thought the 475th were...
A horribly burned corpse of a Japanese soldier in the Mariana Islands during World War II
Photograph. A Japanese soldier's burnt corpse standing halfway out of a foxhole. Engebi Island, Marshall Islands. 1944
A Jewish grave marker for Sergeant Edward Rothafel, 245th Field Artillery Bn (105mm How Trac-D), on Leyte in the Philippines on 9 July 1943
A Jewish grave marker for Sergeant Edward G Rothafel, 245th Field Artillery Bn (105mm How Trac-D), on Leyte in the...
A Marine casualty on a beach on Tarawa, 1943
Marine casualty on a beach with a jeep and several Marines seen in the background checking the area. "Marine casualty...
A monument in New Guinea honoring fellow crewmen of the 13th Bomb Squadron missing in action and deceased in 1943
Photograph. A monument in New Guinea honoring fellow crewmen of the 13th Bomb Squadron missing in action and deceased...
A recently built British cemetery in Salerno, Italy in 1944 or 1945
Slide. Recently built British cemetery in Salerno, Italy. "Salerno. British cemetery." From box originally labeled "...
A small Australian cemetery at Cassino in Italy in 1944 or 1945
Slide. Small cemetery with crosses. “Australian graves – Cassino.” From box originally labeled “"No. [Northern] Italy...
A U. S. Marine is buried in the waters off the shore of Iwo Jima in February 1945
552.Photograph 'C.G. 48285 February, 1945 Sea burial for Marine killed on Iwo Jima The flag-draped body of a U. S....
A U.S. Marine flamethrower stands over two dead Japanese soldiers, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, 1944
Photograph. A U.S. Marine flamethrower looks at two dead Japanese soldiers in bunker at Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall...
A US Marine, holding a flame thrower, stands near dead Japanese soldiers on Kwajalein Atoll, 1944
A US Marine, holding a flame thrower, stands near two dead Japanese soldiers; there is a damaged bunker behind them and...
A US soldier inspects dead Japanese soldiers for papers on Luzon in the Philippines in 1945
"U.S. soldier inspects dead Jap [Japanese] soldier for papers." [1945]
American captain lays down a wreath during memorial ceremony, Belluno, Italy, June 1945
Photograph. Captain of the 85th Infantry Division lays down a wreath during memorial ceremony in Italy; other...
American Cemetery on Tinian
Photograph. Entrance to an American Cemetery on Tinian. The center is open with a flagpole in the background; flanked...
American military cemetery
Photograph. Rows of white crosses in a military cemetery, an American flag is in the background. Location unknown. No...
American soldier where he fell on Normandy Beach in June 1944
Dead American soldier lying next to crossed rifles on a Normandy beach. Official caption: "American soldier where he...
American soldiers move carefully along a rural road to Saint-Lô, France on 21 July 1944
American soldiers move carefully along a rural road. Official caption: "ETO-HQ-44-8116-Ryan-6-21 July. Credit...Signal...
American soldiers place dead German soldiers in a truck in Nennig, Germany on 30 January 1945
American soldiers place dead German soldiers in a truck. Official caption: "ETO HQ 45 11006 30 Jan. Credit...US Army...
An Allied cemetery in Salerno, Italy in 1944 or 1945
Slide.“Salerno Allied Cemetery. From box originally labeled "Italy. Naples-Capri. 44-45." Late 1944 to early 1945
An American soldier poses over the body of a dead Japanese sniper, Tarawa, 1943
An American soldier poses with a gun over the body of a dead Japanese sniper lying in a ditch. "Dead Jap sniper on...
An American soldier reads a German letter in Villiers-Fossard, France on 3 July 1944.
An American soldier reads a German letter. Official caption: "ETO HQ 44 6556 Murray (5) 3 July. Credit---Signal Corps...
An unknown military cemetery in the Pacific during World War II
An unknown military cemetery in the Pacific during World War II. Probably on New Guinea.
Australian soldier checking the body of dead Japanese soldier on Labuan Island, near Borneo, June 1945
Photograph. Australian soldier checking the body of dead Japanese soldier. Note his slouch hat and the grenade he is...
Australian soldier kneeling next to body of a dead Japanese soldier on Labuan Island, near Borneo, June 1945
Photograph. Australian Army Private J. Gianoni kneeling next to body of a dead Japanese soldier that he had killed. He...
Australian soldiers carrying a dead body aboard an LCM at Tarakan Island, near Borneo, May 1945
Photograph. Australian soldiers carrying a dead body on a stretcher aboard an LCM (Landing Craft, Mechanized). Note the...
Australian soldiers covering dead body on landing beach near Lutong, Borneo, June 1945
Photograph. Australian soldiers covering the dead body of Private C. D. Lyall on landing beach, Chaplain C. W. Hammond...
Australian soldiers looking at dead bodies of Japanese soldiers, near Borneo, June 1945
Photograph. Large group of Australian soldiers looking at dead bodies of four Japanese soldiers. Note the slouch hats.”...
Australian soldiers looking at dead body of Japanese soldier on Labuan Island, near Borneo, June 1945
Photograph. Seven Australian soldiers looking at dead body of Japanese soldier. There is a tent camp with large group...
Australian soldiers surrounding three dead Japanese soldiers on Labuan Island, near Borneo, June 1945
Photograph. Australian soldiers surrounding three dead Japanese soldiers. One Austrilian soldier is searching the body...
Blurry image of bodies of dead adults and children at Buchenwald concentration camp, Weimar, Germany in May 1945
Photograph. Blurry image of bodies of dead adults and children, including a small baby girl laid out on the ground...
Bodies of dead adults and children at Buchenwald concentration camp, Weimar, Germany, May 1945
Photograph. Bodies of dead adults and children, including a small baby girl laid out on the ground inside Buchenwald...
Bodies of dead children at Buchenwald concentration camp, Weimar, Germany, May 1945
Photograph. Bodies of dead children, including a small baby girl laid out on the ground inside Buchenwald concentration...
Bodies of dead children at Buchenwald concentration camp, Weimar, Germany, May 1945
Photograph. Bodies of dead children, including a small baby girl laid out on the ground inside Buchenwald concentration...

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