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Battle damaged Japanese steam engine, Tinian
Photograph. Battle damaged Japanese steam engine abandoned on overgrown railroad tracks. There is a large hole blown in...
British Army soldiers running for cover near Ponte, Italy
Photograph. British Army soldiers running for cover from German fire in an open area. Official caption on front: "...
British soldiers take cover from enemy fire, Italy, 1944
Photograph. British soldiers take cover from enemy fire. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-48." Official caption on...
Burning CCKW cargo truck, Tunisia
Photograph. Burning 2-½ ton CCKW United States Army cargo truck damaged by strafing German warplane. Official caption...
Cargo ship burning after hit by German bomb, Mediterranean Sea
Photograph. Column of smoke rising from a burning American cargo ship, as viewed from a nearby ship; several United...
Circle of sandbags, Argentia, Newfoundland. 1942
Photograph. Interior view of protective circle of sandbags, to protect antiaircraft guns not yet in place, built by...
Coast Guardsmen hoisting a wounded Marine on to a ship deck, Enewetak Atoll, 1944
Photograph. Coast Guardsmen hoisting a wounded Marine from a stretcher on to a ship deck. Caption stamped in blue ink...
Coast Guardsmen hoisting a wounded Marine on to a ship deck, Enewetak Atoll, 1944
Photograph. Coast Guardsmen reaching for a hoisted stretcher holding a wounded Marine. Caption stamped in blue ink at...
Coast Guardsmen observing a depth charge explosion, North Atlantic
Photograph. Coast Guardsmen observing a depth charge explosion on the deck of a cutter. Official caption on reverse: "...
Coast Guardsmen scanning a shoreline, Cape Gloucester
Photograph. Coast Guardsmen on an armed LST scanning the shoreline for enemy fighters. Official caption on reverse: "...
Coast Guardsmen transporting a wounded serviceman on to an LST, Cape Gloucester
Photograph. Coast Guardsmen transporting a wounded serviceman on to an LST. Official caption on reverse: "3095. From:...
Combat scene as seen from inside an LVT on Iwo Jima in February 1945
Combat scene as seen from inside an LVT [Landing Vehicle Tracked]/amphibious tank of Marines moving up dangerous Iwo...
Damage from Japanese attack in Darwin, Australia in 1942
Damage from Japanese attack in Darwin, Australia in 1942.
Dead British soldiers, France, June 1944
Photograph. Dead British soldiers half-covered by blankets. Official German caption on photo reverse, translated: "...
Dead servicemen in a field
Photograph. Dead American servicemen lying in field covered by cloth next to downed plane. Location unknown. No date
Dead servicemen in a field
Photograph. Dead American servicemen lying in field covered by cloth next to downed plane. Personal caption on reverse...
Enemy ammo explodes near Naguilon, Luzon on 24 March 1945
"Enemy ammo explodes near Naguilon, Luzon." 24 March 1945
Enemy shell explodes on Okinawa Island, Japan, May 1945
Photograph. U.S. soldiers are seen on a beach in the foreground as a large explosion dominates the horizon. Official...
Engineers transporting a truck on the Seine River while under fire, Montreau, 1944
Photograph. United States Army engineers ferrying a truck across the Seine River while under fire; splashes of water...
Filipino civilians taking cover from a Japanese sniper, Manila
Photograph. Filipino civilians taking cover from Japanese sniper behind a war-damaged building. Official caption on...
German bombers destroying an American ammunition ship, Mediterranean Sea
Photograph. Large explosion in open ocean from the bombing of an American ammunition ship. Official caption on front: "...
German snipers firing at French civilians, Paris, 1944
Photograph. French civilians taking cover in a plaza during a celebration interrupted by German sniper fire; barbed...
German warplanes attacking American ships off the coast of Sicily, Italy, 1943
Photograph. Explosions from German warplane attacks in the water near American ships. Official caption on front: "...
Infantrymen clearing debris from a road, France, 1944
Photograph. Infantrymen clearing debris from a knocked out German halftrack and 105mm gun; one infantryman piles dirt...
Japanese bomb exploding near an American LST off the coast of Cape Gloucester, New Britain
Photograph. Explosion of water from a Japanese bomb strike near an American LST [Landing Ship, Tank] in open water....
Japanese forces attacking US Navy landing craft off the coast of Laiana, New Georgia Islands, 1943
Photograph. Explosions going off in the water around United States Navy landing craft approaching a coastline. Official...
Japanese planes fail to hit targets during raid off Guam in July 1944
508.Photograph. 'File Number: 238.964 August 22, 1944 Jap planes fail to hit targets during raid off Guam-White splash...
Landing craft burning in Lingayen Gulf, Philippines, 1945
Photograph. Smoke rising from a burning American landing craft; M4 Sherman tanks with deep wading vents arriving on a...
Landing crafts in the ocean, Tarawa, 1943
Photograph. Landing crafts carrying servicemen in the ocean; explosions are going off on the coast in the background....
M4 Sherman tank through Saint-Sever-Calvados, France, 1944
Photograph. United States Army soldiers in a M4 Sherman tank driving down a city street past war-damaged buildings....
Marine camp after a battle, Tarawa, 1943
Photograph. United States Marines carrying an injured or dead Marine on a litter; another Marine beside them is digging...
Marines awaiting invasion orders, Marshall Islands
Photograph. Marines in full gear waiting on a ship deck for orders to go ashore.. Official caption on reverse: "3514....
Marines carrying a wounded Marine on a stretcher, Tarawa, 1943
Photograph. Four United States Marines carrying an injured man on a stretcher on a beach. Official caption on front: "...
Marines pushing a raft of injured servicemen, Tarawa, November 1943
Photograph. United States Marines pushing raft filled with other injured Marines onto a beach. Personal caption on...
Marines resting aboard a Coast Guard transport ship. Enewetak Atoll, 1944
Photograph. Three Marines covered in dirt and gunpowder sip coffee aboard a Coast Guard transport ship after a battle....

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