The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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Photograph. Line of United States Marines with rifles wading through wide, shallow river; palm trees are in the...

Photograph. United States Marines exiting landing craft and waiting on a beach during an invasion. Official caption on...

An unidentified US serviceman with native children on Guadalcanal in 1942.

Photograph, landscape. Rugged, mountain terrain with jungle at the base. Official caption on front: "'Bloody Ridge'...

From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. A view from above of a soldier as he climbs up a ladder after crossing a shallow...

Photograph. View of a village from a hilltop. Water in the distance. Personal caption on photo front: "Guada Canal....

From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. Four soldiers peer out of the hatches of an amphibious tank during amphibious...

From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. A jeep is lowered into an LCVP [Landing Craft Vehicle, Personnel] PA 49-15 by a...

Photograph. Four United States Marines carrying an injured Marine on a stretcher. Official caption on front: "...

Servicemen unload supplies from multiple landing craft -- LCVP PA14-11 (probably), LCVP PA14-16 (probably), LCVP PA14-2...

From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. Troops at ease, many sit or squat on a trail in the jungle. "Troops cross jungle...

Photograph. An Army engineer standing in front of the tents at his military camp. Personal caption on photo front: "...

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