The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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A broadside view of the USS Republic (AP-33), which was at the time a hospital ship. Likely New Orleans, Louisiana.

Massive bomb damage to buildings; debris in foreground. London, England or Normandy, France. Circa 1944

Photograph. New Georgian villagers gather together on the ground between their houses, playing a card game. New Georgia...

Photograph. Two Allied soldiers crouch down on the ground and talk to a young New Georgian boy. New Georgia Islands....

Photograph. Rocky shoreline with docked civilian boats. Hills and a town are in the background. Location unknown. No...

Various parts rest on shelves in a stockroom at an Alcoa factory. "Alcoa". Ohio (probably). Circa 1942-1945

Photograph. Farmers plow a field using oxen in India in 1944.

Photograph. B-17 Flying Fortress taking off or landing in the distance, at English airfield. Thurleigh Airfield, near...

Photograph. Major or Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Spes standing on the front steps of the Headquarters Special Troops...

Photograph. American serviceman holding a bottle while leaning on wooden cart; a dirt road and a hill are in the...

Photograph. A member of the 4th Infantry Division giving another serviceman a haircut. A damaged building and pile of...

Photograph. Civilian man in tuxedo singing onstage at the Abilene, Texas air field. Official photograph, Base Photo...

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