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Damage to a M114 155mm howitzer that malfunctioned, killing its own crew of American soldiers on Enubuj Island in February 1944
Damage to a M114 155 mm howitzer that malfunctioned, killing its own crew of American soldiers. 'W-CPA-44-107-CP. 2/4...
Damage to the legislative building in Manila in the Philippines in February 1945
"Damage to legislative building in Manila." February 1945
Damage to the legislative building in Manila in the Philippines in February 1945
"Damage to legislative building in Manila." February 1945
Damaged B-29, Saipan, 1945
Slide. Damaged Boeing B-29 Superfortress being towed on a runway. Isley Field, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. 1945
Damaged B-29, Saipan, 1945
Slide. Damaged Boeing B-29 Superfortress being towed on a runway. Isley Field, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. 1945
Damaged cement bunker, Saipan, 1945
Slide. Damaged cement bunker with exposed rebar. Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. 1945
Damaged Japanese Yokosuka D4Y at Talesea Airport, New Britain in September 1944
Damaged Japanese Yokosuka D4Y "Judy" dive bomber in a field. "Captured enemy warplanes at Talesea Airport, New Britain...
Damaged LVTs lie on the beach as Marines move supplies on Iwo Jima in February 1945
LVTs [Landing Vehicle Tracked]/amphibious tanks wrecked and buried in sand along Iwo coastline; Marines move supplies...
Damaged machine gun barrels at Sansapor Airfield, New Guinea in 1945
Bullet holes in machine gun barrels leaning on supply boxes; bullets exited sides when barrels got too hot. '"Machine...
Damaged USS California (BB-44) after attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941
Damaged USS California (BB-44). Official caption: "USS California (BB-44). US Navy Photo 100-14." From U.S. Navy Photos...
Dead Japanese in a foxhole on Iwo Jima in February 1945
Sand covered Japanese bodies in foxhole in foreground; view to Iwo Jima harbor and dozens of US landing craft behind....
Dead Japanese soldier in Intramuros, the walled city of Manila in the Philippines on 23 February 1945
"Dead Jap [Japanese] soldier in Intramurals (walled city, Manila). 23 February 1945
Dead Japanese soldier lies near front steps of Philippine General Hospital at Manila in the Philippines on 15 February 1945
"Dead Jap soldier lies near front steps of Philippine General Hospital." 15 February 1945
Dead Japanese soldiers and their damaged equipment on the beach at Kwajalein Island in February 1944
Dead Japanese soldiers and their damaged equipment on beach. 'W-CPA-44-106-DP. 2/4 Ellner. Jap dead and their equipment...
Dead Japanese soldiers strewn about road near a Japanese antitank gun on Kwajalein in February 1944
Dead Japanese soldiers strewn about road near Japanese antitank gun. 'W-CPA-44-108-AR. 2/1. Cordray. Jap soldiers...
Dead Japanese soldiers surrounded by destruction at Kwajalein in February 1944
Dead Japanese corpse surrounded by destruction. 'W-CPA-44-106-CP. 2/4. Ellner. Japs caught by fire that the troop...
Deceased Japanese soldier at edge of a beach on a Pacfic island during World War II
A deceased Japanese soldier lies face down in the water on the edge of a beach. Pacific Islands, 1942-1945.
Deceased Japanese soldiers beside their beached landing craft on Saipan, 1944-1945
A Marine poses near deceased Japanese soldiers beside their beached landing craft. Other landing craft in the distance...
Deceased Japanese soldiers in a ditch in the Philippines, 1944
Deceased Japanese soldiers lie in a water filled bomb crater with American soldiers nearby, some of whom are holding...
Deceased Japanese soldiers near a coastline on a Pacific island, 1942-1945
Numerous deceased Japanese soldiers lie scattered in a field near a coastline. Note hill in the distance and possible...
Deceased Japanese soldiers outside a bunker on a Pacific island, 1942-1945
An American serviceman (perhaps a war photographer), with a camera around his neck, views the bodies of deceased...
Deck Inspection aboard the USS Rutland off Ulithi in May 1945.
Military inspection of sailors aboard the USS Rutland off Ulithi in May 1945. From donor's notes: "Deck Inspection,...
Deck Inspection aboard the USS Rutland off Ulithi in May 1945.
Military inspection of sailors aboard the USS Rutland off Ulithi in May 1945. From donor's notes: "Deck Inspection."...
Deckhouse and mast of the USS LST-933, Pacific Theater, 1945-46
Bridge/tower in the stern of USS LST-933 [Landing Ship, Tank]; its landing craft suspended from crane nearby. Pacific...
Decorating a Christmas tree on Tinian in December 1945
U.S. servicemen and Red Cross women decorating a Christmas tree at the Times Square Club, an American Red Cross club on...
Dedicating a small Marine cemetery on New Georgia, Solomon Islands circa 1943-45
Dedicating a small Marine cemetery on New Georgia, Solomon Islands. Official caption:'"Dedication in the rain and mud...
Dedication of 3rd Marine Division Cemetery Number 1 on Guam in 1945
Dedication of 3rd Marine Division Cemetery Number 1 on Guam. Official caption: "Dedicating 3rd Marine Division cemetery...
Dedication of the 3rd Marine Division cemetery on Iwo Jima in 1945
Dedication of the 3rd Marine Division cemetery on Iwo Jima. Official caption:'"Dedicating the 3rd Division Marine...
Dedication of the 4th Marine Division cemetery on Iwo Jima in 1945
Dedication of the 4th Marine Division cemetery on Iwo Jima. Official caption:'"Dedicating the 4th Division cemetery on...
Dedication of the 4th Marine Division cemetery on Kwajalein circa 1944-45
Dedication of the 4th Marine Division cemetery on Kwajalein. Official caption:'"Final tribute to men of the 4th...
Defensive phase in the Pacific from January 1942 to May 1942 in a report from April 1944
444.Photograph. Official U. S. Navy Map of Western Pacific 'File No: 45297 April 23, 1944 Admiral King's Report: Chart...
Demolished tents after a violent wind storm at 40th Infantry Division base camp at Cape Gloucester, New Britain in August 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. Demolished tents after a violent wind storm at 40th Infantry Division base camp...
Destroyed hospital and rubble in Hiroshima, Japan in 1945
Destroyed hospital and rubble in Hiroshima. "Red Cross Hospital, Hiroshima. 100's [of] bodies on floors burned."...

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