The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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A merchant pulling his cart of goods is photographed in a marketplace. Another American photographer is caught in the...

A ship at port in the United States. Official caption: "SS Cape San George. Restricted. Official U.S. Army Signal Corps...

View of French coastline from the English Channel during invasion of Normandy (Operation Overlord); barrage balloons...

Photograph. A curving New Georgian beach leads down to still water. New Georgia Islands. Circa 1943

Photograph. Four Marines confer over what is possibly a silk map. New Georgia Islands. Circa 1943

Photograph. Two-story residential building with smooth facade. Dead trees are in the foreground. Location unknown. No...

Photograph. A US soldier holds up a large leaf in India in 1944.

Photograph. Heavily damaged B-17 Flying Fortresses, one has damage to engine, the other is missing part of its wing....

Photograph. Thirteen servicemen posing for a photograph in the snow; James Gordon is kneeling at the bottom right....

Photograph. Large carved stone Buddha. Kotoku-in or Kamakura Buddha, dating from 1252. Kamakura, Japan. Duplicate of...

Photograph. American serviceman Joseph Cempa standing in the snow. Official photograph development stamp on reverse: "...

Photograph. U.S. Army Airmen with mothers for special church service and lunch for servicemen at the Abilene, Texas air...

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