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7th Infantry Division soldiers looking down at dead Japanese soldiers in ditch on Kwajalein in January 1944
7th Infantry Division soldiers looking down at dead Japanese soldiers in ditch. 'W-CPA-44-112-DH. 1/31. Young. 3 dead...
7th Infantry Division soldiers moving a 37mm anti-tank gun across Kwajalein in February 1944
7th Infantry Division soldiers moving a 37mm anti-tank gun across Kwajalein. 'W-CPA-44-107-BN. 2/3. Weaver. Men of the...
7th Infantry Division soldiers moving a dead Japanese soldier for burial on Kwajalein Island in February 1944
7th Infantry Division soldiers moving Japanese corpse for burial. 'W-CPA-44-107-BJ. 2/3. Weaver. Dead Jap soldier put...
7th Infantry Division soldiers on Kwajalein in February 1944
7th Infantry Division soldiers on Kwajalein, few wearing checkered cloths on their backpacks, used as a recognition...
7th Infantry Division soldiers on Kwajalein near an M3 Stuart tank during combat in February 1944
7th Infantry Division soldiers on Kwajalein near a M3 Stuart tank during combat; a few wearing checkered cloths on...
7th Infantry Division soldiers prepare bullets for machine guns aboard the USS Zeilin on January 1944
7th Infantry Division soldiers prepare bullets for machine guns aboard the USS Zeilin (APA-3) attack transport.'W-CPA-...
7th Infantry Division soldiers speaking with native woman on Kwajalein in January 1944
7th Infantry Division soldiers speaking with native woman in Kwajalein Atoll. 'W-CPA-44-112-DN. 1/31. Young. Pvt. John...
7th Infantry Division soldiers standing amongst wreckage after Kwajalein invasion in February 1944
7th Infantry Division soldiers standing amongst wreckage after Kwajalein invasion; large fire burning in background. 'W...
7th Infantry Division soldiers standing around destroyed Japanese naval gun at Carlson Island in January 1944
7th Infantry Division soldiers standing around destroyed Japanese naval gun. "W-CPA-44-112-DO. 1/31. Young. All that...
7th Infantry Division soldiers using a jeep as an ambulance to load gurneys with injured members of the native population on Kwajalein in January 1944
7th Infantry Division soldiers using a jeep as an ambulance to load gurneys with injured members of the native...
7th Infantry Division soldiers waiting at a dock alongside a troop transport ship before being shipped to the Marshall Islands in January 1944
7th Infantry Division soldiers waiting at dock alongside troop transport ship before being shipped to the Marshall...
7th Infantry Division soldiers walk past Japanese corpses near their abandoned cannon
7th Infantry Division soldiers walk past Japanese corpses near their abandoned cannon. 'W-CPA-44-106-CO. 2/4. Ellner. A...
7th Infantry Division soldiers walk past the bodies of Japanese soldiers on Kwajalein Island in February 1944
7th Infantry Division soldiers walk past Japanese corpses. 'W-CPA-44-107-BF. 2/3. Weaver. A nest of Japs silenced...
7th Infantry Division soldiers walk past the dead body of fellow American soldier as they head into combat at Kwajalein on January 1944
7th Infantry Division soldiers walk past dead body of fellow American soldier along road headed into combat. 'W-CPA-44-...
7th Infantry Division soldiers walking over the remains of a Japanese power plant on Carlson Island, Kwajalein Atoll in January 1944
7th Infantry Division soldiers walking over destroyed Japanese power plant. 'W-CPA-44-107-AR. 1/31.Weaver. A mass of...
7th Infantry Division soldiers with water cooled anti-aircraft gun and tombstone drum on Kwajalein in January 1944
7th Infantry Division soldiers with water cooled antiaircraft gun and tombstone drum. Gun is named 'Scatter brain.' 'W-...
7th Infantry Division soldiers, some wearing checkered clothes on their backs as part of an advanced assault unit on Kwajalein Island in February 1944
7th Infantry Division soldiers, some wearing checkered clothes on their backs as part of an advanced assault unit;...
8th Cavalry Regiment troops enter Manila in the Philippines on 5 February 1945
"8th Cav Regt troops enter Manila, Luzon." 5 February 1945
A "crossing the line" ceremony in the Pacific Ocean on 1 October 1944
A "crossing the line" ceremony. "Crossing equator USS Monrovia, alias Del Argentina, Miss. Shipping Co., Delta Line,...
A .30 Cal machine gun guards the bridge on Batangas Road, Luzon in the Philippines on 15 March 1945
"30 cal (light) air cooled machine gun guards bridge on Batangas Road, Luzon." 15 March 1945
A 105mm howitzer blasts an Intramuros wall at point blank range in Manila in 1945
"105mm howitzer blasts Intramurals wall at point blank range." [1945]
A 150 mm Japanese howitzer near Calot, Luzon in the Philippines in 1945
"150 mm Jap [Japanese] howitzer near Calot, Luzon." [1945]
A 158th Regimental Combat Team casualty receives plasma at front lines in the Philippines in 1945
"158 RCT casualty receives plasma at front lines." [1945], Philippines. The 158th Regimental Combat Team was also known...
A 32nd Infantry Regiment soldier arranges flowers to form a "32"'on a wreath in Little Falls Cemetery at Attu in the Aleutian Islands in June 1943
A 32nd Infantry Regiment soldier arranges flowers to form a "32"'on a wreath in Little Falls Cemetery,'created for...
A 37 mm anti-tank gun firing in the Philippines in 1945
"37 mm anti-tank gun firing." [1945]
A 37th Division mortar squad fires on Japanese in Intramuros from an apartment rooftop in Manila on 18 February 1945
"37th Div mortar squad fires on Japs in Intramurals from apartment rooftop." 18 February 1945
A 37th Infantry Division soldier carries his ammo in a commandeered wheelbarrow at Manila in the Philippines in 1945
"37th Div soldier carries his ammo in commandeered wheelbarrow, Manila." [1945]
A 40 mm gun crew aboard a light cruiser during a shakedown
"2098 - 135 photos - 2098. For Release: PM papers. January 31, 1944. Shakedown: The task of quickly developing fighting...
A 5th Cavalry trooper guards the main street of San Pablo with a water cooled .30 Cal machine gun during tropical rain near Pampanga in the Philippines in 1945
"5th Cav trooper guards main street of San Pablo with water cooled 30 cal machine gun during tropical rain." [1945]
A 7th Infantry Division soldier during a battle, prone position with an M1 Garand, using a piece of Japanese artillery for protection in January 1944
A 7th Infantry Division soldier during a battle, prone position with an M1 Garand, using a piece of Japanese artillery...
A B-29 in flight over US ships near Iwo Jima, 1945-46
Single B-29 Superfortress in flight over US naval vessels. "Iwo." Iwo Jima. 1945-46
A band aboard the USS Iowa performs for the ship's crew in October 1944
Biak. "File No: 256602 October 26, 1944 'Beating Out' Boredom-- Despite the incessant activity, monotony sometimes...
A bare-bones American laundry facility on Guam, 1944-45
US airmen operating washing machines and reading under canvas tents; clothes dry in background. "Our squadron laundry...

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