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US artillery crew loads their weapon, Ponsacco, Italy, 1944
Photograph. US artillery crew loads their weapon. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-8286." Official caption on...
US artillery crew loads weapon, Ponsacco, Italy, 1944
Photograph. US artillery crew loads weapon. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-8286." Official caption on reverse: "3...
US artillery firing on enemy positions, Italy, 1944
Photograph. View from a hillside at US artillery firing on enemy positions in a valley. Official caption on front: "MM-...
US artillery firing on enemy positions, Ponsacco, Italy, 1944
Photograph. US artillery firing on enemy positions. Official caption on reverse: "3 August 1944 MM-5-44-8285 / Fifth...
US artillery firing on enemy positions, Ponsacco, Italy, 1944
Photograph. US artillery firing on enemy positions. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-8285." Official caption on...
US artillery troops bombard enemy positions, Italy, 1944
Photograph. US artillery troops bombard enemy positions. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-9965." Official caption on...
US artillery troops shell enemy positions, Italy, 1943
Photograph. US artillery troops shell enemy positions. Official caption on front: "MM-5-150808." Official caption on...
US artillery troops shelling German positions, Italy, 1944
Photograph. US artillery troops are set up in a terraced field, shelling German positions. Official caption on front: "...
US artillery weapon fires shell on enemy positions in Nettuno, Italy, 1944
Photograph. Three GIs cover their ears as a US artillery weapon fires shell on enemy positions. Official caption on...
US Coast Guard gunner firing at German forces, Normandy, 1944
Photograph. United States Coast Guard gunner firing an antiaircraft cannon on a ship. Official caption on front: "Coast...
US Coast Guardsmen and Marines near a heavy explosion, Angaur, Palau, 1944
Photograph. United States Coast Guardsmen and Marines standing on a beach near a large explosion; a jeep is in the...
US Coast Guardsmen firing an anti-aircraft gun at Japanese warplanes, Pacific Ocean
Photograph. Two United States Coast Guardsmen firing an anti-aircraft gun on a boat; bombs are exploding in the ocean...
US combat engineers towing supplies through mud, New Britain
Photograph. United States combat engineers using a winch to move a tractor towing supplies through a muddy road....
US forces advancing through a jungle under enemy fire, Bougainville Island
Photograph. United States Army soldiers firing and taking cover behind a tank in a jungle during a battle. Official...
US half-track crew pauses on the roadside to assess action near Cassino, Italy, 1944
Photograph. US half-track crew pauses on the roadside to assess action in the distance. Official caption on front: "MM-...
US machine gunner fires from a window in Itri, Italy, 1944
Photograph. US machine gunner fires from a window. Photograph is taken inside a building and very dark; only buildings...
US Marine examining knocked out LVTs, Tarawa Atoll, 1943
Photograph. United States Marine examining two knocked out LVTs (Landing Vehicle, Tracked) in water off of a beach; a...
US Marine firing a flamethrower at a Japanese fortification
Photograph. United States Marine firing a flamethrower at a Japanese fortification in a hillside. Official caption on...
US Marine firing a flamethrower at a Japanese pillbox, Guam, 1944
Photograph. United States Marine firing a flamethrower to at a Japanese pillbox. Official caption on front: "Blasting...
US Marine firing a flamethrower at a Okinawaese fortification, Okinawa, 1945
Photograph. United States Marine firing a flamethrower at a Japanese cave fortification; another Marine lies at the...
US Marine halftracks firing at Japanese target on hill on Iwo Jima in February 1945
US Marine halftracks firing at Japanese target on hill. Official caption: "Halftrack scores direct hit on Jap [Japanese...
US Marine returning to a Coast Guard ship off the coast of Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands, 1944
Photograph. United States Marine being helped onto the deck of a Coast Guard ship after returning from battle. Official...
US Marine transporting ammunition during combat, Gilbert Islands, 1943
Photograph. Armed United States Marine transporting an ammunition belt while another Marine is throwing a grenade....
US Marines advancing during combat, Enewetak Atoll, 1944
Photograph. Several United States Marines advancing over war-damaged terrain during combat. Official caption on front...
US Marines advancing during combat, Kwajalein Atoll, 1944
Photograph. Two United States Marines advancing past war-damaged concrete structures. Official caption on front: "...
US Marines advancing during combat, Parry Island, 1944
Photograph. Several United States Marines advancing over war-damaged terrain during combat. Official caption on front...
US Marines advancing during combat, Parry Island, 1944
Photograph. United States Marines kneeling and in prone position on beach behind a vegetation barrier; an armored...
US Marines advancing past a bombed-out building, Kwajalein Atoll, 1944
Photograph. Two United States Marines advancing past a bombed-out concrete structure; damaged automobile is covered by...
US Marines advancing through a jungle, Enewetak Atoll, 1944
Photograph. United States Marines with rifles at the ready advancing through a war-damaged jungle. Official caption on...
US Marines climb a small hill on Iwo Jima in February 1945
US Marines climb small hill, equipment litters beach, enemy fire seen exploding in harbor behind them. Official caption...
US Marines covering an advancing patrol, Enewetak Atoll, 1944
Photograph. United States Marines in prone position on a sandy, war damaged landscape. Official caption on front: "...
US Marines crawling on a beach during an invasion, Saipan, 1944
Photograph. United States Marines crawling on a beach during an invasion; LVTs (Landing Vehicle, Tracked) are on the...
US Marines crouching behind sand during an invasion, Saipan, 1944
Photograph. Armed United States Marines crouching behind a large sand mound during an invasion; a LVT (Landing Vehicle...
US Marines crouching during a battle, Kwajalein Atoll, 1944
Photograph. Two United States Marines crouching in a war-damaged and debris-filled landscape; a burning building is in...
US Marines exiting a landing craft, Okinawa, 1945
Photograph. United States Marines unloading from LCVPs (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) onto a beach. Official...
US Marines firing a 75mm Pack Howitzer, Gilbert Islands, 1943
Photograph. United States Marines firing a 75mm Pack Howitzer on a war-damaged beach; a Marine is holding an ammunition...

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