The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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Two servicemen pose with some bananas and a fellow soldier in the Pacific during World War II. Probably on New Guinea.

Lt. Bernard J. Mertzweiller, center, sitting on the barrel of an 8.8 cm (88 mm) German Flak Gun on the French coast in...

Pollywog in front of the royal family probably just after being poked with a 'Devil's Tongue,' an electrified piece of...

United States serviceman standing next to heavy German artillery piece, the 210mm howitzer. "Mortain July abandoned...

Massive bomb and fire damage to unknown, large building downtown. "Bremen." Bremen, Germany. 1945

Slide. Aerial view of multiple naval vessels underway. Pacific Ocean. 1945

Soldiers eating rations in the field. Official caption: "ETO HQ 45 9757 21 Jan. Credit...US Army Signal Corps. Photog...

A serviceman holds the reins of a mule, likely at a holding pen where the animals were kept before being shipped to the...

Photograph. An unknown staff sergeant poses in front of a bomber's propeller in 1943

Photograph. A gun emplacement camouflaged on the beach. Marines in an LCVP can be seen in the distance. New Georgia...

Photograph. A Marine wearing a P1942 HBT camouflage utility uniform walks through the jungle. New Georgia Islands....

Photograph. Side view of a church with no shingles on its roof. Vines are growing over the exposed rafters. Location...

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