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Naval yard train in Japan circa September 1945
Naval yard train with locomotive and railroad cars in Japan. From donor's notes: "Naval yard Engine, Japan." Circa...
Navy Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner, Major General Charles H. Corlett, and Marine Corps General Holland McTyeire Smith at cemetery dedication
Navy Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner; Major General Charles H. Corlett 'Cowboy Pete', commander of the 7th Infantry...
Navy Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner, Major General Charles H. Corlett, and Marine Corps General Holland McTyeire Smith at cemetery dedication
Navy Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner; Major General Charles H. Corlett 'Cowboy Pete', commander of the 7th Infantry...
Navy guns pound Mt. Suribachi on Iwo Jima on 19 February 1945
US Coast Guard and Navy vessels shooting at Mount Suribachi; a Bofors 40 mm antiaircraft gun in foreground. Official...
Navy Hospital Corpsmen tending seriously wounded Marine Arthur Norris Robison on Guam, July 28, 1944.
"File No: TR-10981. Plasma on Guam - Navy Hospital Corpsmen tenderly lowering seriously wounded Marine Pfc. [Private...
Navy LCM's (Landing Craft Mechanized) bring supplies ashore and return with casualties from Leyte in 31 October 1944
280.Photograph. 'File Number: 46916 October 31, 1944 'Shuttle Service in battle of Philippines Navy LCM's (Landing...
Navy men wounded during the invasion of Iwo Jima while aboard the USS New York are buried on the island on 19 February 1945
553.Photograph 'File Number: 48599 Released: March 4, 1945 Taps for the Honored Dead Three Navy men who were wounded in...
Navy officers in Hiroshima, Japan in 1945
Navy officers stand amidst rubble. "Hiroshima. Lt. Norman Molyneaux, Lt. O.L. Miles. Red Cross Hospital [in the]...
Navy TBF pilots walking toward their waiting planes on a Task Force 58 carrier for a strike against Guam in 1944
506.Photograph. 'File Number: TR-10955 January 23, 1945 Heading for Guam Navy TBF pilots walking toward their waiting...
Navy warplanes prepare to take off as their carrier heads about into the wind during a recent battle mission in the Pacific in September 1944
433.Photograph. Grumman TBF Avengers'File Number: 246959 September 26, 1944 Into the wind Navy warplanes prepare to...
Neisi (American of Japanese ancestry) US Army soldier serving as translator poses with Japanese women in September 1945
"Neisi (American of Japanese ancestry) US Army soldier serving as translator poses with Japanese women." September 1945
Neptunus Rex ceremony aboard the USS Rutland in March 1945
Sailor dressed as King Neptunus Rex in costume wearing crown and beard standing in front of officers during the...
Neptunus Rex ceremony aboard the USS Rutland in March 1945
Sailors dressed as King Neptunus Rex, his queen, baby and an African-American sailor in costume holding a trident. The...
Neptunus Rex ceremony aboard the USS Rutland in March 1945
Pollywog running through a line of 'Royal Police' shellbacks with painted helmets and ripped pants hitting him with...
Neptunus Rex ceremony aboard the USS Rutland in March 1945
Pollywog in front of the royal family probably just after being poked with a 'Devil's Tongue,' an electrified piece of...
Neptunus Rex ceremony aboard the USS Rutland in March 1945
Pollywogs falling into pool on deck of the USS Rutland during a Neptunus Rex/Crossing the Line ceremony in March 1945....
Neptunus Rex ceremony aboard the USS Rutland in March 1945
Ship mascot LUMPI of the USS Rutland, a dachshund, getting a haircut during a Neptunus Rex/Crossing the Line ceremony...
Neptunus Rex ceremony aboard the USS Rutland in March 1945
Group portrait of the Royal Court shellbacks during a Neptunus Rex/Crossing the Line ceremony in March 1945. The court...
New Caledonian family in New Caledonia in November 1944
1.Photograph. Native New Caledonian family outside home. New Caledonia. November 1944
New Caledonian family in New Caledonia in November 1944
2.Photograph. Native New Caledonian family outside home. New Caledonia. November 1944
New Guinea native holding cigarette boxes next to a US serviceman on New Guinea in circa 1944-1945
New Guinea native holding cigarette boxes, US serviceman nearby with arm around him. "New Guinea native and member of...
New Guinean man with decorated face and war club in 1944
New Guinean man with decorated face and war club. "New Guinea native. 1944."' New Guinea or Indonesia. Late 1944 to...
New Zealand troops unload landing supplies from landing crafts onto beach in the Green Islands
"File No: 220032. Released: April 3, 1944. Many hands make short work---Demonstrating the truth of the old axiom, New...
Newly built American cemetery made with crosses and palm fronds on one of the smaller islands that was untouched by the battle near Kwajalein in February 1944
Newly built American cemetery made with crosses and palm fronds; American flag flying at half-mast/ half-staff nearby...
Newly constructed wooden building on military base at Attu, Aleutian Islands on 10 July 1943
Newly constructed wooden building on military base. Attu, Aleutian Islands/Alaska. '"7-10-43."' 10 July 1943
Nisei Japanese American soldier interviewing Japanese prisoner of war on Ebeye Island in February 1944
Nisei Japanese American soldier interviewing Japanese prisoner of war on Ebeye Island. 'W-CPA-44-120-AJ. 2/4. Gurtcheff...
Nisei soldiers in Japan under sign for Wakayamashi Railroad Station in 1945
Nisei (American of Japanese ancestry) soldiers under sign sign for Wakayamashi Railroad Station. The soldier on the...
North Field on Tinian in late 1945
View overlooking North Field on Tinian; jungle creeping along edge of air base, B-29 superfortresses parked along base...
North Field on Tinian in late 1945
View overlooking North Field on Tinian, island of Saipan visible in background; B-29 superfortresses parked along base...
North Field on Tinian in late 1945
Aerial view of North Field on Tinian, home of the 313th Bombardment Wing. "Tinian. 313 Wing [illegible]." Late 1945
North Field on Tinian in late 1945
View overlooking North Field on Tinian, B-29 superfortresses parked along base. "Tinian. North Field." Late 1945
North Field on Tinian in late 1945
View overlooking North Field on Tinian, B-29 superfortresses parked along base. "Tinian. North Field - B 29 base (...
Nose art for the B-24 "Heaven Can Wait"
Nose art for the B-24. "Heaven Can Wait." Probably on New Guinea.
Nose art for the B-25 "The Eager Beaver" at an unknown location
Nose art for the B-25. "The Eager Beaver" at an unknown location. "B-25" Probably on New Guinea.
Nose art of "Rita's Wagon" at an unknown location
Nose art of the B-25 Rita's Wagon at an unknown location. "It has been a busy B-25. Notice the painting of boats it has...
Nose art of the B-25 The Wild Indian at an unknown location
Nose art of the B-25 The Wild Indian at an unknown location. "B-25" Probably on New Guinea.

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