The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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American soldier with cap in pilot seat of damaged airplane in the Aleutian Islands c. 1943.

View of human remains in the Pacific during World War II. Probably on New Guinea.

Results of a practice bomb run, probably in the United States in 1945.

Photograph. John Janik sitting on building steps. Personal caption on photo reverse: "Entrance to our C.P. (Command...

Sailors putting out fire with fire hoses aboard the USS Rutland somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. From donor's notes: "...

View across field looking to Trier, Germany. "Trier, Germany." 1945

Severely bomb-damaged Reichstag; ground cleared of all rubble surrounding it. "Reichstag." Berlin, Germany. Postwar,...

Slide. Boeing B-29 Superfortress in flight over the Pacific Ocean as seen from another aircraft. Saipan, Northern...

American soldiers transporting a wounded German soldier. Official caption: "ETO HQ 44 29327 12 Dec. Credit.....US Army...

The U.S. Army H.A. 5 Beck, a vessel primarily used as a supply ship that could retrieve aircraft if needed. Official...

American PT (Patrol Torpedo) boat crew members posing for picture in bunk beds; one sailor with bottle of liquor....

Photograph. A plane flies overhead the New Georgian islands. New Georgia Islands. Circa 1943

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