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Deep snowdrifts surround a building, Japan, 1945
Photograph. Deep snowdrifts surround a hotel. Personal caption on photo reverse: "Hotel Akakura Japan 1945." Japan. 1945
Defensive phase in the Pacific from January 1942 to May 1942 in a report from April 1944
444.Photograph. Official U. S. Navy Map of Western Pacific 'File No: 45297 April 23, 1944 Admiral King's Report: Chart...
Depth charge explosion in open water.
"1340 - 42 photos - 1340. Lacking the glamour and romance of their big sisters, sturdy little minesweepers perform an...
Depth charge explosion in open water.
"1340 - 42 photos - 1340. Lacking the glamour and romance of their big sisters, sturdy little minesweepers perform an...
Depth charge released from the bow of Patrol craft boat in Atlantic Ocean in 1942-43
Depth charge released from the bow of Patrol craft boat. "15 - photos - 5. General Release. January 25, 1943. Action...
Depth charge released from the bow of Patrol craft boat in Atlantic Ocean in 1942-43
"12650-010 Photos0-01265. General Release. January 25, 1943. Action aboard a PC boat on patrol duty with an Atlantic...
Destroyed hospital and rubble in Hiroshima, Japan in 1945
Destroyed hospital and rubble in Hiroshima. "Red Cross Hospital, Hiroshima. 100's [of] bodies on floors burned."...
Destroyer escort on the Mediterranean Sea, 1942-44
DE (Destroyer Escort) steaming on a relatively smooth sea. Mediterranean Sea. 1942-44
Destroyer USS Nicholas (DD449) in the Pacific Theater in 1943
"File No: OOR - 41959. June 22, 1943. USS Nicholas plows forward - Raising the water with her graceful bow, the USS...
Destroyer's aft gun illuminates an American flag during night action
"1624 - 201 photos - 1624. A U.S. Navy destroyer escorts a United Nations convoy somewhere in the North Atlantic. 79....
Destruction in downtown Hiroshima, Japan in 1945
View of destruction in Hiroshima. "Hiroshima downtown." Hiroshima, Japan. 1945
Destruction in Hiroshima, Japan with a view of a river in the background in 1945
Destruction in Hiroshima, with a view of a river in the background. "Hiroshima, [likely Nishikawa] West River."...
Destruction of large multi-story building
Photograph. Destruction of large multi-story building. Location unknown. No date
Detected in the South Atlantic by the light cruiser USS Omaha and the destroyer USS Jouett, the German blockade runner Burgenland burst into flames on 5 January 1944
430.Photograph. 'File No: OOR-44854 February 22, 1944 Nazi blockade runner goes under waves-- Detected in the South...
Distant view of a kamikaze crashing into the ocean near Iwo Jima in February 1945
View from deck of US Navy vessel, far away in background a Japanese kamikaze in crashing into ocean near the horizon....
Doubly-powered by the flow of jet units, a Navy Vought Corsair fighter plane roars down the deck of a carrier for a takeoff in September 1944
450.Photograph. Chance Vought F4U Corsair. 'File Number: 215656 September 9, 1944 Navy Ready to Use Jet-Assisted...
Douglas Dauntlesses bombers diving toward their target in the Pacific Ocean.
"File No: TR 6202K. Dive Bombers - Douglas Dauntlesses diving toward their target. (This is Print No. 108 in the U.S....
Downtown building under construction
Photograph. View of scaffolding on the side of a downtown building under construction. Location unknown. No date
Easter services attended by US servicepeople, Palermo, 1944
Photograph. Christian communion scene with sailors, WACS and soldiers gathered together outside at the edge of the...
Eight U.S. Navy Vought Corsairs. being spotted and serviced on the flight deck of their new home in February 1945
451.Photograph. Chance Vought F4U Corsair ' File Number: TR-12926 Feb. 27, 1945 Lethal Line-Up One of the finest...
Eight US sailors stand together on ship deck
Photograph. Eight US sailors in heavy coats stand together on ship deck. Location unknown. No date
Engine room in American submarine in 1943
"File No: W-SUB-26-41780. June 8, 1943. Life aboard a U.S. Navy submarine. American submarines are powered by diesel...
Enlisted men aboard the USS Iowa form 'swab brigades' to keep their mighty ship sparkling during the shakedown cruise in October 1944
287.Photograph. USS Iowa. '256646 October 26, 1944 Shakedown Scrubdown-- Enlisted men aboard the USS Iowa form 'swab...
Explosions hurl smoke and sea water high around two of the Japanese ships attacked by Commander Norman M. 'Bus' Miller, at Kwajalein in September 1944
403.Photograph. Consolidated PB4Y-1 Liberator. 'File No: 46576 September 21, 1944 Saga of Bus Miller--- Explosions hurl...
Filipinos on outrigger canoes or bancas near Mindanao in September 1945
View from ship looking down onto Filipinos on bancas or outrigger canoes; long knotted ropes hang in the foreground...
Fire ring and fire ball from the 5-inch guns during day battle practice
"2098 - 2 photos - 2098. U.S. Navy Motion Picture Exchange and U.S. Naval Training School (sound motion picture...
Firing party of the USS Rutland fire weapons during burial at sea in February 1945
Firing party of the USS Rutland fire weapons during burial at sea ceremony a week after the initial invasion of Iwo...
Fishing boat with raised sails in Caribbean waters, Haiti
Photograph. Fishing boat with raised sails in Caribbean waters. Hilly terrain in the background. Personal caption on...
Five unidentified uniformed US sailors pose together on ship deck
Photograph. Five unidentified uniformed US sailors pose together on ship deck. Other docked ships in the harbor visible...
Five-inch gun on fire aboard the USS Franklin
"File no: 3327-14. For Release: 9 P.M. Thursday, 17 May 1945. Inferno at Sea-- USS Franklin's trial by fire. A crown of...
Flares illuminate the harbor at Naples, Italy, as Nazi raiders strike by night in April 1944
458.Photograph. "File No: 220333 April 13, 1944 Nazi raid on Naples Flares illuminate the harbor at Naples, Italy, as...
Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz arriving aboard the USS Missouri (BB-63) in Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 September 1945
Scene from the Japanese Surrender Ceremony aboard the USS Missouri (BB-63). "Admiral Nimitz arriving at surrender party...
Fleet Admiral Nimitz and Vice Admiral McMorris look over Japanese mines and booby traps on Iwo Jima on 25 March 1945
524.Photograph 'CinCPac-POA AH-399 30 March 1945 Admiral Nimitz views enemy mines, booby trap Fleet Admiral C. W....
Fleet of ships in a bay, Sicily, 1944
Photograph. Fleet of ships in a bay. Personal caption on photo reverse:‘"Italian fleet surrendering at Palermo 1944."...
Flight nurse aids wounded on Iwo Jima battlefield on 6 March 1945
548.Photograph Douglas C-54 Skymaster. 'CinCPac-POA AH-235 Released: March 6, 1945 Flight nurse aids wounded on Iwo...
Four crewmen relaxing at their bunks on a warship at an unknown location in the 1940s
Four crewmen relaxing at their bunks on a warship at an unknown location in the 1940s. Four crewmen in an unknown ship'...

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