The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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A man sweeps the steps of the Trocadéro, site of the Palais de Chaillot. Personal caption: "Paris, France. Street...

Soldiers attend a class inside a railroad car. Official caption: "This is an interior view of Car No. 100, showing a...

Photograph. Marines storm the beach from landing craft. South Pacific Islands. No date

Photograph. Three military vehicles parked next to a residential building. The first vehicle is a jeep with a medic...

Photograph. Aft section of a German U-boat in scaffolding and on rails. Rhine River, Germany. No date

An unidentified man observes an unidentified woman at work in an airline factory. "James E. Willemin Photographer 225 W...

Photograph. A Burmese villager in 1944

Photograph. Elevated view looking down onto sheep pasture and city below. Edinburgh, Scotland. February 1944

Photograph. United States Army platoons in formation in an open field. Buildings are in the background. Location...

Photograph. Adolescent Japanese boys in western-style swimming trucks gather on sandy beach. Japan. 1945

Photograph. View from a road looking onto mountainous landscape with snow-capped peaks. Location unknown, possibly...

Photograph. Two US Soldiers Posing on Top of Sherman Tank on Okinawa. Tank is named "Butcher." Inscription on back...

Oral History