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Gun and crew of a M114 155mm howitzer set up at the edge of a jungle on Enubuj Island in February 1944
Gun and crew of a M114 155 mm howitzer set up at the edge of a jungle. 'W-CPA-44-120-A 2/1 Gurtcheff. One of twelve...
Guns of the battleship USS Iowa point at the horizon as the ship lies at anchor on her shakedown cruise in October 1944
290.Photograph. USS Iowa. 'File No.: 46665 October 26, 1944 Battlewagon's 'Teeth'--- Giant guns of the battleship USS...
Haircut aboard the USS Rutland in 1945
Haircut aboard the USS Rutland in 1945; hoisting equipment right behind the sailors.
Haleakala Crater from the USS Fergus in Kahului Harbor, Maui, Hawaii, c.1944
"Haleakala Crater Elev [elevation] 10,000 Ft [feet] taken aboard U.S.S. Fergus in Kahului Harbor Island of Maui, T.H. [...
Harbor full of US Naval vessels, Pacific Theater, 1944-46
Harbor full of US Naval vessels. Pacific Theater. 1944-46
Hawaiian civilians killed in car during attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941
Hawaiian civilians dead in bullet riddled car. Official caption: "Eight miles from the nearest military target - 3...
Hawaiian coast, 1945
Slide. Elevated view of a coast; a military base in at the left middleground. Hawaii. 1945
Headless bodies of Japanese corpses killed by aerial and naval bombardment on the Marshall Islands in February 1944
Headless bodies of Japanese corpses killed by aerial and naval bombardment; Sherman tanks in background. "W-CPA-44-108-...
Headquarters of the 881stBomb Squadron, 500th Bomb Group sign at Isley Field, Saipan, 1945
Slide. Sign for the Headquarters of the 881st Bomb Squadron, 500th Bomb Group; the unit's insignia sign is hanging...
Headquarters of the V-mail operation in the field at APO 929 in Papua New Guinea in 1944
V-mail operation in the field at APO 929. "Close-up shot of the headquarters building, with a closer view of the Post...
Heavily damaged seaplane after Pearl Harbor attack in December 1941
Heavily damaged seaplane after Pearl Harbor attack. Official caption: "One of 80 US Navy planes destroyed. US Navy...
Heavily war damaged Walled City in Manila in June 1945
Heavily war damaged Walled City of Manila; also known as Intramuros. From donor's notes: "Walled City, Manila." Circa...
Heavy guns of a U.S. cruiser north of Bougainville on 23 December 1943
379.Photograph. "File No. 57540 March 7, 1944 Christmas greeting to the Jap Heavy guns of a U.S. cruiser light up the...
Higgins boats race shoreward under smoke screen at Guadalcanal on 9 March 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. "Troops crowd into landing craft." Reverse: "Higgins boats, loaded with troops of...
Hillside view of US military facilities in New Caledonia in 1944-45
46.Photograph. View from hillside, looking down onto military base and hospital below. New Caledonia. 1944-45
Hillside views in New Caledonia in 194-
45.Photograph. View looking down onto hillside, telephone poles along hill. Location unknown. 194-
Holding a press conference at Eniwetok, Commander Norman M. 'Bus' Miller, USN, tells of his missions against the Japanese in the Pacific in September 1944
406.Photograph. 'File No: 46578 September 21, 1944 Saga of Bus Miller--- Holding a press conference at Eniwetok, the...
Homeless children who lived through bombardment of Intramuros in Manila in the Philippines on 23 February 1945
"Homeless children who lived through bombardment of Intramurals." 23 February 1945
Honolulu street scene, Hawaii, 1946
Slide. Civilians and American servicemen walking on a sidewalk; a Honolulu Rapid Transit bus is in the background....
Hospital and church on Espiritu Santo in March 1945
Hospital and church (with cross, on left) on Espiritu Santo in March 1945. From donor's notes: "Base Hospital, Espiritu...
Hospital at Zamboanga, Mindanao on 12 September 1945
Filipino hospital in Zamboanga, Mindanao in September 1945. From donor's notes: "Native Hospital, Zamboanga." 12...
Hospital ship in the Pacific Ocean in late 1945
Aerial view of hospital ship in the Pacific Ocean, probably near Japan; red cross clearly visible on deck of ship. "...
Hospital ship in the Pacific Ocean in late 1945
Aerial view of hospital ship in the Pacific Ocean, probably near Japan; red cross clearly visible on deck of ship. "...
Hula Dancers Entertaining Servicemen, Honolulu, Hawaii in1944
Hula Dancers, Sailors and Soldiers "Court Yard Stage Royal Hawaiian Hotel Waikiki Bch (Beach) Honolulu, Hawaii, 1944"
Hula Dancers, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1944
Hula Dancers, "Court Yard Stage Royal Hawaiian Hotel Waikiki Bch (Beach) Honolulu, Hawaii, 1944"
Human chain of enlisted men parade on the decks of a battleship of the USS Iowa as they load her with provisions for a cruise in October 1944
281.Photograph. USS Iowa. '46397 October 26, 1944 Loading the Larder--- Human chain of enlisted men parade on the decks...
Hundreds of crates are stored beneath a makeshift shelter at Cape Gloucester, New Britain in August 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. Hundreds of crates are stored beneath a makeshift shelter. "Base camp supply...
Hundreds of shell casings and boxes for shells litter beach on Iwo Jima on 21 February 1945
US Marines near 105mm howitzers on beach, hundreds of shell casings and boxes for shells litter beach. Official caption...
Hundreds of soldiers gathered at the cemetery at Cape Gloucester, New Britain in September 1944
Hundreds of soldiers gathered at the cemetery on Cape Gloucester. "Army cemetery at Cape Gloucester, New Britain Island...
Hundreds of soldiers wade through water from LSIs to shore during amphibious training at Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands in March 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. Hundreds of soldiers wade through water from LSIs to shore during amphibious...
Hungry Filipino children beg for left-over GI rations at Manila in the Philippines on 12 February 1945
"Hungry Filipino children beg for left-over GI rations." 12 February 1945
I Co, 3rd Battalion, 129th Infantry Regiment advances on Yangiran Barrio, Luzon in the Philippines in 1945
""I" Co, 3rd Bn, 129 Inf Regt advance on Yangiran Barrio, Luzon." [1945]
Illuminating shells fired in from supporting warships light up Iwo Jima in March 1945
518.Photograph. "CinCPac 8040 March 2, 1945 Star-shells over iwo Illuminating shells fired in from supporting warships...
Inarajan Bay, Guam in 1945
"Inerajana Bay, near the town of Inerajana. Guam, 1945."
Inarajan Bay, Guam in 1945
Inarajan Bay, Guam in 1945. "Inerajana Bay."

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