The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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Photograph. CCKW cargo truck towing a 155 mm howitzer through a large puddle on a muddy road; Allied soldiers are...

Slide. Woman with her back to the camera standing on a hillside road overlooking the countryside. Italy. No date

Photograph. View of the Atlantic Ocean as seen from the deck of a ship. Atlantic Ocean. No date

German teller mines along the coast. "ETO-HQ-44-5228. Bacon. 17 June. Signal corps photo Photo, made at low tide, shows...

Group portrait of artillery troops with sandbags in Europe. "Number 3 gun section." Circa 1944

John Guidotti, a charming Italian gentleman who befriended the American doctors of the 24th General Hospital. He...

"Sunken Jap ships in Manila Bay block shipping into harbor." 6 March 1945

Smoke billows from a burning loading dock with cranes. Coast Guard crew on fireboats attempt to put out the blaze. Boat...

Photograph. General Charles De Gaulle meets with a Polish general near the frontlines. Official caption on front: "MM-5...

Photograph. Former New York Governor Herbert Lehman greets his daughter, WAC Private Hilda J. De Vadetski, whom he had...

Photograph. US Secretary of War and generals tour in a jeep. Official caption on reverse: "4 July 1944 MM-5-44-7086 /...

Photograph. Two GIs examine a German tank buried in rubble in the middle of a bomb-damaged city street. Official...

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