The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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Aerial view looking out over an unknown Pacific location during World War II. Probably on New Guinea.

Lt. Bernard J. Mertzweiller. "Me of course." Probably in 1945 in Europe.

Photograph. A line of vehicles stopped on a snowy road with horses and wagons in background. Personal caption on photo...

Group portrait of the "N" Division taken aboard the USS Rutland. From donor's notes: ""N" Division." Circa Late April...

Improvised road mine; probably a communication to SHAEF [Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force]. "Sheaf [sic...

Bremen cathedral; massive bomb damage to building, now rubble, in foreground. "Bremen Dom." Bremen, Germany. 1945

Slide. Nose of a parked Boeing B-29 Superfortress; a small tent and military supplies are in the background. Isley...

Two men, likely merchants, in the Latin Quarter marketplace. Personal caption: "L.Q. 45" Paris, France.

View of a boat onboard a cargo ship. Official caption: "SS Vagrant showing small Motor Boat stored on deck." Likely New...

U.S. PT (Patrol Torpedo) boat crew on deck performing maintenance on mounted .50 caliber machine guns. Probably England...

Photograph. A Marine walks down a jungle road towards the beach. New Georgia Islands. Circa 1943

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