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American warships firing at Peleliu, Palau, 1944

Photograph. American warships firing at Peleliu; columns of smoke are rising in the background.
American woman poses with Filipino child, Philippines, 1945

Photograph. American woman in a Santa-style dress poses with Filipino child.
American workers making bombs, and then cars, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 1945

Photograph. Two images show American workers making bombs and then cars during manufacturing reconversion at the end of the war.
American-built bridge over the Main River in Frankfurt, Germany in late 1945

View looking up from river to new American built number 6 bridge. Frankfurt, Germany. Postwar, Late 1945
American-built bridge over the Main River in Frankfurt, Germany in late 1945

View looking up from river to new American built number 6 bridge. Frankfurt, Germany. Postwar, Late 1945
American-built bridge over the Main River in Frankfurt, Germany in late 1945

View looking up from river to new American-built number 6 bridge; Frankfurt cityscape in background. "Bridge No 6 (Untermain).
American-made bridge, ETO

Photograph. Photo of a group of servicemen gathering to watch trucks roll over a newly-built bridge. Location unknown, no caption provided.
Americans buying horse meat, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1945

Photograph. American civilians standing at counter in store to buy horse meat.
Americans Cutting Down Tree

Photograph. A team of American servicemen cut down a tree with an axe. No caption provided, date and location unknown.
Americans giving thanks for end of war in St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City, August 1945

Photograph. Americans kneeling in thankful prayer in St. Patrick's Cathedral after President Harry S.
Americans laughing with Russians in Berlin in April 1945

Americans meeting the Russians in Berlin in April 1945. Lonsdale MacFarland laughing with Russian officers.
Americans meeting the Russians among the rubble of Berlin in April 1945

Americans meeting the Russians in Berlin in April 1945. MacFarland with US and Russian soldiers, background of dilapidated building facades.