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Airplane "Laddie" being repaired on the runway, Alaska, c.1943
Airplane "Laddie" being repaired by two soldiers on the runway, Alaska, c.1943. Front view
Airplane "Laddie" being repaired on the runway, Alaska, c.1943
Airplane "Laddie" being repaired by two soldiers on the runway, Alaska, c.1943. Side view.
Airplane being lifted by a wrecker truck, soldier on top of cockpit, Alaska c. 1943.
Airplane with soldier on top of cockpit being lifted by a wrecker truck, probably Alaska c. 1943.
Airplane graveyard in Tinian in late 1945
Airplane graveyard full of B-29 superfortress parts. "Tinian. B-29 dump. This is where our war bonds have gone - in the...
Airplane graveyard in Tinian in late 1945
Refuse dump on Tinian. "Tinian. An old trash dump." Late 1945
Ala Wai Canal and Boulevard, Honolulu, c.1944
"Ala Wai Canal - Ala Wai Blvd. [Boulevard]." Honolulu, Hawaii c.1944
Aleutian Islands landscape on 10 July 1943
Aleutian Islands/Alaskan landscape. "7-10-43."' 10 July 1943
Aleutian Islands landscape on 10 July 1943
Aleutian Islands/Alaskan landscape. "7-10-43."'10 July 1943
Aleutian Islands landscape on 10 July 1943
Aleutian Islands/Alaskan landscape. '"7-10-43."' 10 July 1943
Aleutian Islands landscape on 10 July 1943
Aleutian Islands/Alaskan landscape. '"7-10-43."' 10 July 1943
Aleutian Islands landscape on 10 July 1943
Aleutian Islands/Alaskan landscape. "7-10-43."' 10 July 1943
Allied officers aboard the USS Missouri (BB-63) in Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 September 1945
Scene from the Japanese Surrender Ceremony aboard the USS Missouri (BB-63). Allied officers behind microphone. "The '...
Allied ships bringing in men and supplies.
"File No: (BUAER 2 34581). Allied Convoy - Allied ships bringing in men and supplies. (This is Print No. 29 in the U.S...
Allied troops and equipment on the shore of Borneo in July 1945
Australian troops -- equipped with US jeeps, trucks, and other vehicles -- storm ashore from landing crafts in the...
Allied troops and equipment on the shore of Borneo in July 1945
Australian troops -- equipped with US jeeps, trucks, and other vehicles -- storm ashore from landing crafts in the...
American airmen posing behind a sandbag bunker, Saipan, 1944
Slide. Large group of American airmen inside a sandbag bunker. Isley Field, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. 1944
American Army camp on Guam in 1945
Tent city of U.S. Army on Guam beach. "Army camp on Guam." Probably 1945
American built, thatched roof houses on Guam, 1944-45
Raised, thatched roof houses. "U.S. government built natives houses. Guam." Guam. 1944-45
American cemetery on Guam in 1945
American cemetery on Guam. "American cemetery on Guam." Probably 1945
American cemetery on Tinian in late 1945
American cemetery on Tinian; American flag flying in middle of cemetery. "Tinian. Cemetery." Late 1945
American civilian internees rescued from the Japanese at Santo Tomas University at Manila in the Philippines in 1945
"American civilian internees rescued from Japs at Santo Tomas University." [1945]
American Eighth Army soldiers debark from LCIs in Luzon
American Eighth Army soldiers debark from LCI(L)s [Landing Craft Infantry, Large] in Luzon. "File number: 259015....
American fighter planes on'air field Guadalcanal in 1943
F4U Corsairs and F4Fs fighter planes on an air field Guadalcanal Solomon Islands in 1943.
American flag displayed on ship in the Pacific
American flag displayed on ship; marine photographer below. Unknown ship in unknown location, probably PTO. Circa 1945
American G.I.s work to open large Japanese shipping crates full of supplies at New Britain in September 1944
American G.I.s work to open large Japanese shipping crates full of supplies. "Captured enemy supplies on New Britain."...
American girl eating first American food after 3 years as prisoner at Manila in the Philippines on 6 February 1945
"American girl eating first American food after 3 years as prisoner." 6 February 1945
American infantrymen on a beach, probably on a Pacific island, 1942-1945
American infantrymen carrying weapons and equipment on a beach. Some are crouching while others march inland. One...
American landing craft along Tinian coastline in January 1946
LST-1038 [Landing Ship, Tank] and LSM-307 [Landing Ship, Medium] docked along Tinian coastline. "Tinian. LST's." Early...
American landing craft along Tinian coastline in January 1946
LST-1038 [Landing Ship, Tank] and LSM-307 [Landing Ship, Medium] docked along Tinian coastline. "Tinian. Harbor." Early...
American landing craft approach a beach strewn with wrecked landing craft in the Pacific Theater, 1943-45
American landing craft approach a beach strewn with wrecked landing craft. Pacific Theater. 1943-45
American landing craft float near a destroyed industrial area, probably on Saipan, 1944
American landing craft, carrying few troops, are near a shore where there is an industrial area that is war damaged....
American landing craft in waters off of Bougainville in November 1943
Landing craft from the USS George Clymer (APA-27). "File No: M-B-LO-1-54388. Released: November 29, 1943. Near miss--...
American light cruiser's 5-inch guns firing during shakedown
"2098 - 135 photos - 2098. For Release: PM papers. January 31, 1944. Shakedown: The task of quickly developing fighting...
American light cruiser's scout plane, an SO3 Curtiss Seamew, during ship's shakedown
Curtiss SO3C Seamew observation floatplane. "2098 - 135 photos - 2098. For Release: PM papers. January 31, 1944....
American light cruiser's scout plane, an SO3 Curtiss Seamew, during ship's shakedown
Curtiss SO3C Seamew observation floatplane. "2098 - 135 photos - 2098. For Release: PM papers. January 31, 1944....
American Marines pause for a much-needed rest in shell craters and fox holes the day after they went ashore on Iwo Jima.
545.Photograph 'CinCPac-POA AH65 February 21, 1945 Marines take shelter on Iwo Jima With the battle raging close by,...

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