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10th Mountain Division walking past a dead German soldier, Italy
Photograph. United States Army soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division walking past a dead German soldier on the side...
1st Cavalry Division soldiers walking past a dead Japanese soldier, Manila
Photograph. 1st Cavalry Division soldiers walking past a dead Japanese soldier lying between tracks; war-damaged...
32nd Infantry Regiment soldiers arrange flowers over the grave of a friend at the newly built Little Falls Cemetery at Attu, Aleutian Islands in June 1943
32nd Infantry Regiment soldiers arrange flowers over the grave of a friend in a newly built cemetery, 'Little Falls...
32nd Infantry Regiment soldiers huddled around specific grave marker at Little Falls Cemetery at Attu in the Aleutian Islands in June 1943
32nd Infantry Regiment soldiers huddled around specific grave marker, also with a propeller buried in the ground,...
32nd Infantry Regiment soldiers looking at grave markers in the Little Falls Cemetery at Attu, Aleutian Islands in June 1943
32nd Infantry Regiment soldiers looking at grave markers at Little Falls Cemetery. The cemetery was created for those...
32nd Infantry Regiment soldiers march past the newly built Little Falls Cemetery at Attu, Aleutian Islands in June 1943
32nd Infantry Regiment soldiers, probably the Color Guard, march past newly built cemetery, 'Little Falls Cemetery,'...
32nd Infantry Regiment soldiers view wreath in the newly built Little Falls Cemetery at Attu, Aleutian Islands in June 1943
32nd Infantry Regiment soldiers view wreath in newly built cemetery, 'Little Falls Cemetery,' for those killed in...
44th Infantry Division advancing through a forest, France, 1945
Photograph. United States Army soldiers from the 44th Infantry Division advancing past a dead German soldier in a...
4th Marine Division Cemetery, Saipan, 1946
Slide. Entrance to the 4th Marine Division Cemetery. Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. 1946
5th Army walking past dead German soldiers lying in a street, Verona, 1945
Photograph. United States Army soldiers from the 5th Army walking past dead German soldiers lying in a street. Official...
7th Infantry Division soldier looking at the remains of dismembered Japanese corpse on Enubuj Island, Kwajalein Atoll in February 1944
7th Infantry Division soldier looking at remains of dismember Japanese corpse. 'W-CPA-44-106-S. 2/1. Ellner. Body of...
7th Infantry Division soldiers look at corpse of a dead Japanese soldier near a large bomb crater on the beach on Kwajalein in January 1944
7th Infantry Division soldiers look at corpse of dead Japanese soldier near large bomb crater in beach. 'W-CPA-44-106-...
7th Infantry Division soldiers moving a dead Japanese soldier for burial on Kwajalein Island in February 1944
7th Infantry Division soldiers moving Japanese corpse for burial. 'W-CPA-44-107-BJ. 2/3. Weaver. Dead Jap soldier put...
7th Infantry Division soldiers walk past Japanese corpses near their abandoned cannon
7th Infantry Division soldiers walk past Japanese corpses near their abandoned cannon. 'W-CPA-44-106-CO. 2/4. Ellner. A...
7th Infantry Division soldiers walk past the dead body of fellow American soldier as they head into combat at Kwajalein on January 1944
7th Infantry Division soldiers walk past dead body of fellow American soldier along road headed into combat. 'W-CPA-44-...
88th Infantry Division advancing through Cornuda, Italy, 1945
Photograph. United States Army soldiers and tanks from the 88th Infantry Division advancing down a city street past the...
A 32nd Infantry Regiment soldier arranges flowers to form a "32"'on a wreath in Little Falls Cemetery at Attu in the Aleutian Islands in June 1943
A 32nd Infantry Regiment soldier arranges flowers to form a "32"'on a wreath in Little Falls Cemetery,'created for...
A booby-trapped German body in Jungersdorf, Germany photographed on 12 December 1944
A booby trapped German body. Note that the unit has been stricken in the caption. Official caption: "ETO HQ 44 29325 12...
A dead American soldier in a ditch among destroyed vegetation at Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands in January 1944
Dead American soldier in ditch, among destroyed vegetation. 'W-CPA-44-112-Bn. 1/31. Young. Same dead American soldier,...
A dead German soldier in Cherbourg, France on 27 June 1944
A dead German soldier. Official caption: "ETO HQ 44 5984 Weintraub--5. 27 June. A French civilian points out to Pvt....
A dead Japanese soldier prior to burial on Kwajalein Island in February 1944
Japanese corpse in sand. 'W-CPA-44-107-BL. 2/3. Weaver. Dead Jap, half covered with dirt, before being removed for...
A dead Japanese soldier, Philippines, 1945
Photograph. Body of a dead Japanese soldier. Philippines. 1945
A dead Japanese soldier, Philippines, 1945
Photograph. A dead Japanese soldier emerging from a foxhole. Philippines. 1945
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...

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