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Earl O'Neill, second from right standing, and fellow soldiers wait for a cup of coffee in the Pacific during World War II
Earl O'Neill, second from right standing, and fellow soldiers wait for a cup of coffee in the Pacific during World War...
Earl O'Neill, top left, with tent mates at an unknown Pacific location
Earl O'Neill, top left, and W.C. Long, top right, with fellow tent mates at an unknown Pacific location."The boys in my...
Earl O'Neill, with cigarette, and a couple of fellow soldiers service an engine of a Lockheed P-38 Lightning at an unknown Pacific location in the 1940
Earl O'Neill, with cigarette, and a couple of fellow soldiers service an engine of a Lockheed P-38 Lightning at an...
Earl O'Neill, with goggles, and a few of his fellow soldiers at an unknown Pacific location during World War II
Earl O'Neill, with goggles, and a few of his fellow soldiers at an unknown Pacific location during World War II. "Me...
Early stage of US military cemetery number 1 on Guadalcanal in 1945
Early stage of US military cemetery number 1 on Guadalcanal, each grave is covered with a large palm frond, some with...
Edge of a military camp, Saipan, 1946
Slide. Tents and shacks at the edge of an American military camp; and interfaith chapel is in the center. Saipan,...
Edwin "Cecil" Rhodes in the Southwest Pacific Area.
Edwin "Cecil" Rhodes posing in a grassy patch, dressed in summer service uniform. Southwest Pacific Area. Circa 1943-45
Eight Red Cross workers on Tinian in 1945
Eight women Red Cross workers; some holding jackets and other parts of uniforms, one holding a small dog or puppy,...
Eight soldiers take a break from the heat under a Lockheed P-38 Lightning at an unknown Pacific location during World War II.
Eight soldiers take a break from the heat under a Lockheed P-38 Lightning at an unknown Pacific location during World...
Eight U.S. Navy Vought Corsairs. being spotted and serviced on the flight deck of their new home in February 1945
451.Photograph. Chance Vought F4U Corsair ' File Number: TR-12926 Feb. 27, 1945 Lethal Line-Up One of the finest...
Eleanor Roosevelt shaking hands with unidentified serviceman. Possibly Guadalcanal in September 1943
Eleanor Roosevelt shaking hands with unidentified serviceman. Possibly Guadalcanal in September 1943. Appears to be a...
Eleanor Roosevelt visiting a US military base in the Fiji Islands in August 1943
Eleanor Roosevelt visiting a US military base in the Fiji Islands in August 1943. "Taken on the Fiji Islands during the...
Elements of the 40th Infantry Division heading to shore in LCVPs during amphibious training at Guadalcanal in June 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. Elements of the 40th Infantry Division heading to shore in LCVPs [Landing Craft...
Elements of the 40th Infantry Division heading to shore in LCVPs during amphibious training on 9 March 1944 off Guadalcanal
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. Elements of the 40th Infantry Division heading to shore in LCVPs during...
Elevated landscape, Saipan, 1945
Slide. Elevated, jagged limestone covered by trees. Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. 1945
Elevated military tent where Master Sergeant John Spinks lived while at Palawan in 1945
Elevated military tent where Master Sergeant John O. Spinks lived while in the Philippine Islands. "Tent where I lived...
Elevated view of a distant landscape in the Pacific Theater, 1944-45
US serviceman looking out to ocean from over rocky cliffs. Pacific Theater. 1944-45
Emaciated Japanese prisoners of war wearing USMC uniforms get their first meals after capture near Talasea, New Britain in August 1944
Emaciated Japanese prisoners of war wearing USMC uniforms and large paper tags around their necks are served a much-...
Emperor's Palace, Tokyo, Japan Shows moat around grounds in October 1945
"Emperor's Palace, Tokyo. Shows moat around grounds." October 1945
Enemy ammo explodes near Naguilon, Luzon on 24 March 1945
"Enemy ammo explodes near Naguilon, Luzon." 24 March 1945
Engineer's camp on Tinian in late 1945
Distant view of an engineer's camp on Tinian. "Tinian. 1801st Engineers Camp." Late 1945
Engineers construct a "Bailey Bridge" while an ambulance fords the Magampon River on Luzon in the Philippines on 3 April 1945
"Engineers construct "Bailey Bridge" while ambulance fords Magampon River." 3 April 1945
Engineers of the 40th Infantry Division lay down lumber across enormous mud puddles to allow vehicles to cross without getting stuck at New Britain in September 1944
Engineers of the 40th Infantry Division lay down lumber across enormous mud puddles to allow vehicles to cross without...
Engineers of the 40th Infantry Division prepare for road building at New Britain in September 1944
Engineers of the 40th Infantry Division drive through mud with a tractor and prepare several large pieces of lumber for...
Engineers pump oil into concrete battleship Fort Drum at Manila in the Philippines on 13 April 1945
"Engineers pump oil into concrete battleship Fort Drum." [13 April 1945]
Engineers work to restore a bridge on road to Baguio in the Philippines in 1945
"Engineers work to restore bridge on road to Baguio, Luzon." [1945]
Enlisted men aboard the USS Iowa form 'swab brigades' to keep their mighty ship sparkling during the shakedown cruise in October 1944
287.Photograph. USS Iowa. '256646 October 26, 1944 Shakedown Scrubdown-- Enlisted men aboard the USS Iowa form 'swab...
Enlisted mens' club on Tinian in late 1945
Entrance to enlisted men's club called the 'G.I. Dive'. Probably in Tinian in late 1945. Sign reads 'G.I. Dive. E.M....
Entertainer Eddie Bracken at a USO show on Guam, 1944-45
Male entertainer on stage at USO show. "Eddie Braken [Bracken] - U.S.O. Show. Guam." Guam. 1944-45
Entertainer Peggy Ryan dances with a US serviceman in the Pacific Theater, 1944-45
Female entertainer dancing on stage with US serviceman, other servicemen look on from side of stage. Band with piano...
Entrance to a Shinto Temple at Kyoto, Japan in October 1945
Entrance to a Shinto Temple at Kyoto, Japan in October 1945
Entrance to Camp Carr, Saipan, 1945
Slide. Sign at the entrance of Camp Carr; reads: "24th Infantry Regiment / Camp Carr." Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands...
Entrance to camp in New Caledonia in 1944-45
70.Photograph. Entrance gate to thatched roof huts, gate sign reads 'Camp Sergent Chef Bernut.' New Caledonia. 1944-45
Entrance to Signal Corps Area at King and Middle Streets Honolulu, T.H. c.1944
"Entrance to Signal Corps Area at King and Middle Streets Honolulu, T.H." [Territory of Hawaii] c.1944
Entrance to underground shelter on Attu, Aleutian Islands in May 1943
"Entrance to underground shelter."' Attu, Aleutian Islands/Alaska. Circa May 1943
Ernie Pyle and Jack Dempsey in Okinawa, 1945
War Correspondent Ernie Pyle and Ex-Heavyweight Champion Jack Dempsey. Dempsey was a commander in the United States...

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