The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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View from ship looking down onto Filipinos on bancas or outrigger canoes; long knotted ropes hang in the foreground...

Earl O'Neill, top left, and W.C. Long, top right, with fellow tent mates at an unknown Pacific location."The boys in my...

"G.I. uses flame thrower on Jap [Japanese] position." [1945]

View looking down onto harbor of Guam; dozens of U.S. Navy ships in the harbor. "Guam harbor." Probably 1944 or 1945

A woman and child near a garden on New Guinea during World War II.

Men and woman drinking, eating, and sunbathing on beach. See also 2010.216.228. Hawaii (probably). 1945-46

Slide. Aerial view of cliffs along a coastline. Saipan. 1944

Soldiers shovel dirt into the back of a CCKW to be used for building a road. "Soldiers load fill dirt for road...

LST-760 [Landing Ship, Tank] with pontoon bridge attached to boat's side, seen from the aft of the ship, at sea with...

View overlooking North Field on Tinian; jungle creeping along edge of air base, B-29 superfortresses parked along base...

A mine explodes several yards away; you can make out clods of dirt being thrown by the explosion. "Explosion from...

A group of Filipino men inspect a cockfighting bird and discuss gambling odds. "Before each match is finally arranged,...

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