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A Japanese soldier returning home. Hiroshima, Japan. 1945
Japanese soldier walks along a pier, away from a ship, and carrying a large pack over one shoulder; "Jap soldier comes...
A kamikaze plane crashes into the ocean near an Essex class aircraft carrier on Iwo Jima in February 1945
A kamikaze plane crashes into the ocean near an Essex class aircraft carrier; anti-aircraft fire surrounds the vessel....
A landing craft is docked to unload ammunition for the Allied guns in the battered city of Anzio, Italy in April 1944
"File No: 59348 April 25, 1944 Battered Anzi. The rubble of an oft-bombed town gives a dilapidated air to Anzio, site...
A large replica of the punch cards that the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts uses to help manage the complex tasks it oversees, Washington, DC on 23 February 1945
493.Photograph. 'File Number: 119486 Feb. 23, 1945 'BUSANDA' marks 150th Anniversary of the Supply Corps on February 23...
A mammoth clock of the Cherbourg railroad station lies on a station staircase, sheared off by a shell in July 1944
453.Photograph. 'File No: 231953 July 7, 1944 Allied Bombardment 'Stops the clock' at Cherbourg Dramatically...
A member of a British Royal Navy Salvage Unit is lowered from a Cherbourg causeway to a small boat in July 1944
455.Photograph. 'File No: 231949 July 7, 1944 Rush Cherbourg salvage operations to clear way for Allied shipping Garbed...
A Navy Grumman F6F Hellcat lands on its carrier following a strike at Japanese installations in the Philippines in February 1945
419.Photograph. 'File No: 47892 February 6, 1945 Hellcat comes back A Navy Grumman F6F Hellcat lands on its carrier...
A Piper Cub takes off from one of the LSTs assigned to act as "carriers" in September 1944
423. Photograph. 'File Number: 242693 Sept. 11, 1944 LSTS as 'Junior Aircraft carriers' Adding another function to its...
A salvo from the 16' guns of the USS Iowa heads out for the target during a 'dress rehearsal' for a Pacific landing operation in October 1944
291.Photograph. USS Iowa. '256591 October 26, 1944 'Big I' Bellow--- In a tremendous gust of smoke and flame, a salvo...
A Sherman tank enters an LSM during training exercises in Virginia in May 1944
A Sherman tank drives through ocean water to enter LSM-201 [Landing Ship, Medium]. "File No: 45611. Released: May 23,...
A stone bridge crosses a moat and leads to the Imperial Palace, Tokyo, 1945
Photograph. A stone bridge crosses a moat and leads to the Imperial Palace. Personal caption on photo reverse: "...
A U. S. Navy PBM Martin Mariner lands in the water off the rocky coast of Iwo Jima on 24 February 1945
549.Photograph 'File Number: 306992 Released: May 4, 1945 Iwo Jima wounded evacuated by air A U. S. Navy PBM Martin...
A U.S. destroyer in rough seas in the North Atlantic
"1624 - 201 photos - 1624. A U.S. Navy destroyer escorts a United Nations convoy somewhere in the North Atlantic. 175....
A U.S. Navy Catalina patrol bomber (PBY) glides up to its tender following a long sweep over Aleutian waters in October 1943
434. Photograph. 'File No: AP-PBY-43393 October 27, 1943 Swan's way--- Skimming the water in a manner reminiscent of...
A U.S. Navy destroyer escorts a United Nations convoy somewhere in the North Atlantic.
"1624 - 201 photos - 1624. A U.S. Navy destroyer escorts a United Nations convoy somewhere in the North Atlantic. 20. A...
A U.S. sailor rolls a depth charge onto a destroyer somewhere in the North Atlantic.
"1624 - 201 photos - 1624. A U.S. Navy destroyer escorts a United Nations convoy somewhere in the North Atlantic. 60....
A US sailor in his white jumpers standing at attention, United States (probably), 1943-45
Portrait photograph of a US Sailor in his white jumpers ("crackerjacks") standing at attention with a square two story...
A US sailor stands aboard a ship docked at a pier
Photograph. A smiling unidentified US sailor stands aboard a ship docked at a pier. Location unknown. No date
A variety of Allied landing craft along a Normandy beachhead on 10 June 1944
485.Photograph. 'File No: 59432 June 15, 1944 Invasion 'supply line' Lies Offshore-- The beachhead gained, the job on...
A view of the Normandy beach after D-Day in June 1944
A view of the beach and an explosion in the water from inland sometime after D-Day. "Coast of Normandy 6/6/45 [...
Aerial photograph showing the results of a US Navy air strike on Iwo Jima in February 1945
534.Photograph 'File Number: 48148 Feb. 19, 1945 Navy Carrier based planes blast Jap shipping at Iwo Jima Smoke from...
Aerial reconnaissance view of Guam before the landings in July 1944
507.Photograph. 'File Number: 511072 July 21, 1944 Navy search plane photographs Guam before landings-Aerial view of...
Aerial reconnaissance view of part of the Japanese stronghold on Kwajalein atoll as it looked on 30 January 1944
43.Photograph. Aerial view of Kwajalein before it was taken by US forces. 'File No. 213594 For Rotogravure Sections:...
Aerial view above Alaskan fleet
Aerial view above Alaskan fleet. "File No: (TR-5464) Aleutian Fleet - Adak Harbor in the Aleutians, with part of a huge...
Aerial view from Japanese planes of Pearl Harbor attack on 7 December 1941
Aerial view from Japanese planes of Pearl Harbor attack. Official caption:'"Captured Jap picture shows Pearl Harbor...
Aerial view of bombed Japanese airplanes in Hollandia in 1944
"File No. 251,359. Released: May 30, 1944. Seizure of Hollandia. By-passing the Jap [Japanese] strongholds of Wewak and...
Aerial view of Iwo Jima in February 1945
515.Photograph. 'File No: 5323 Iwo Jima, strategic prize Here is an excellent aerial view of Iwo Jima, heavily...
Aerial view of landing craft invading Iwo Jima in February 1945
Aerial view of landing craft invading Iwo Jima. Official caption:'"Landing boats off Iwo on D-Day. US Navy Photo 122-20...
Aerial view of LST-214 underway, Atlantic Ocean, 1943
Photograph, aerial. USS LST-214 underway. Official stamp on reverse: "LST 214 / Picture taken at sea on Aug. 16, 1943...
Aerial view of Mount Suribachi on the southern tip of Iwo Jima on 20 February 1945
522.Photograph 'CinCPac-PCA AH-66 February 21, 1945 Closeup of Jap strong point on Iwo Jima This is a closeup view of...
Aerial view of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii from Japanese plane on 7 December 1941
Aerial view of Pearl Harbor from Japanese plane. Official caption: "Jap [Japanese] photograph of Pearl Harbor during...
Aerial view of the Eniwetok Airstrip in August 1944
495.Photograph. Consolidated PB4Y-1 Liberators and Grumman F6F Hellcats on runway. 'File Number: 254811 August 8, 1944...
Aerial view of Tinian from the Navy Liberator piloted by Commander Miller on 1 July 1944
405.Photograph. 'File No: 46572 September 21, 1944 Saga of Bus Miller--- This aerial view of devastated Tinian was...
Aerial view of waves of US naval vessels invading Iwo Jima coastline in February 1945
Aerial view of waves of US naval vessels invading Iwo Jima coastline. Official caption:'"1st, 2nd and 3rd waves move on...
Aerial view of waves of US naval vessels invading Iwo Jima coastline in Febuary 1945
Aerial view of waves of US naval vessels invading Iwo Jima coastline. Official caption:'"Assault on smoke-covered Iwo...
Aerial view of wreckage on the beaches of Iwo Jima in February 1945
Aerial view of wreckage on the beaches of Iwo Jima, mainly smaller landing craft. Official caption: "Wrecked landing...

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