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Two tractor-trailer trucks with empty timber carriers, Alaska c.1943.
Two tractor-trailer trucks with empty timber carriers on snowy road, probably Alaska, "Feb 17 1943".
Two unidentified men jog in the water near shore on Oahu, Hawaii, 1941-45
Two unidentified men playing in the ocean; jogging towards the camera. "Oahu." Oahu, Hawaii. 1941-45
Two unknown servicemen appear to take cover in a foxhole outside their barracks at an unknown Pacific location during World War II
Two unknown servicemen appear to take cover in a foxhole outside their barracks at an unknown Pacific location during...
Two unknown servicemen pose by an aircraft propeller, probably on New Guinea during World War II
Two unknown servicemen pose by an aircraft propeller, probably on New Guinea during World War II.
Two US Marines shooting from foxhole behind crashed airplane pieces on Iwo Jima in February 1945
Two US Marines shooting from foxhole behind crashed airplane pieces. Official caption:'"Firing at Jap [Japanese]...
Two US Marines shooting from foxhole behind crashed airplane pieces on Iwo Jima in February 1945
Two US Marines shooting from foxhole behind crashed airplane pieces. Official caption:'"Firing at Jap [Japanese]...
Two US servicemen discussing documents, Pacific Theater, 1945-46
Two US servicemen wearing only garrison caps, sunglasses and pants discussing documents between them. Pacific Theater....
Two US servicemen handling a large crate, Pacific Theater, 1944-46
Two US servicemen handling large crates of supplies. Pacific Theater. 1944-46
Two villagers at an unknown location on Papua New Guinea during World War II
Two villagers at an unknown location on Papua New Guinea during World War II.
Typical damage to hundreds of bridges destroyed by the Japanese in Manila in February 1945
"Typical damage to hundreds of bridges destroyed by Japs in Manila." February 1945
U. S. Navy flotilla lying off Iwo Jima during landing operations in February 1945
510.Photograph. 'File Number: 307206 Released: April 11, 1945. U. S. Navy flotilla lying off Iwo Jima landing...
U. S. Navy ships pave the way for the Army at Biak on 27 May 1944
489.Photograph. 'File No: 59429 June 14, 1944 U. S. Navy ships pave way for Army smashing ashore at Biak-- Amphibious...
U. S. Navy's Fifth Fleet at a Pacific anchorage in preparation for assaults on Iwo Jima and Tokyo in February 1945
511.Photograph. 'File No: 48144 February 19, 1945 Anchors Aweigh for Iwo Jima Units of the famed U. S. Navy's Fifth...
U.S. air base on Tinian in 1945 or early 1946.
View looking down onto U.S. air base on Tinian in 1945 or early 1946.
U.S. and British Naval officers stand on the captain's bridge of an American carrier as the ship meets its British 'opposite number' warship before heading to Sabang on 19 April 1944
422.Photograph. "File No: TR-9684 May 20, 1944 First Photos Show U. S. and British carriers combining forces to smash...
U.S. Army constructed bridge in Manila in June 1945
U.S. Army constructed bridge in place across the ruins of the former Jones Bridge in Manila destroyed from bombing....
U.S. Army troops on the march at an unknown Pacific location during World War II
U.S. Army troops march past a tracked armored vehicle at an unknown Pacific location during World War II. Probably on...
U.S. Army vehicles parked outside the war damaged Manila Metropolitan Theater in June 1945
U.S. Army vehicles parked outside the war damaged Manila Metropolitan Theater. From donor's notes: "Metropolitan...
U.S. Marine 3rd Division Cemetery at Asan, Guam in 1945
"3rd Division Cemetery Asan Village, Guam." U.S. Marine 3rd Division Cemetery at Asan, Guam in 1945
U.S. Marines unloading K rations aboard the USS Rutland off of Saipan in February 1945
U.S. Marines unloading K ration boxes aboard the USS Rutland; probably off of Saipan in February 1945. Boxes are marked...
U.S. Navy Beach Battalion clearing Normandy beaches of obstacles set up by the Germans in June 1944
1/4 ton trucks, Jeeps with trailers and DUKWs travel the beach. "File Number 252842 June 20, 1944 'Pulling the teeth'...
U.S. Navy LCM collecting civilian refugees from Tinian in late 1945
An U.S. Navy LCM [Landing Craft, Mechanized] docked again a distant island; probably collecting civilian refugees (...
U.S. Navy LCM collecting civilian refugees from Tinian in late 1945
Civilian refugees (probably the Chamorro/Chamoru people) from Tinian aboard a U.S. Navy LCM [Landing Craft, Mechanized...
U.S. Navy ship in the Pacific Ocean in late 1945
Aerial view of unidentified U.S. Navy ship in the Pacific Ocean, probably near Japan. Late 1945
U.S. Navy ships pave way for Army smashing ashore at Biak on 27 May 1944
490.Photograph. 40mm guns are not machine guns. ' File No: 59428 June 14, 1944 U.S. Navy ships pave way for Army...
U.S. sailors lowering a jeep from the USS Rutland onto an LCVP on 20 February 1945
U.S. sailors lowering a jeep from the USS Rutland onto an LCVP [Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel] during the invasion...
U.S. Salvages Sunken Jap Destroyer in the South Pacific in 1943
"File No: W-ES- 126-42985. Released: September 14, 1943. U.S. Salvages Sunken Jap Destroyer - With the Navy's famed...
U.S. serviceman in army truck on Tinian in late 1945
Unidentified U.S. serviceman in cab for U.S. Army truck on Tinian in late 1945
U.S. serviceman near Japanese shrine on Tinian in 1945 or early 1946
Unidentified U.S. naval serviceman near Japanese shrine. The sign behind him warns military and naval personnel to...
U.S. serviceman on Tinian in 1945 or early 1946
Unidentified U.S. naval serviceman near unidentified building. Probably taken on Tinian in 1945 or early 1946
U.S. serviceman on Tinian in late 1945
Unidentified U.S. serviceman wearing sunglasses and smoking a pipe on Tinian in late 1945
U.S. serviceman on Tinian in late 1945
Unidentified U.S. serviceman wearing sunglasses and smoking a pipe on Tinian in late 1945
U.S. serviceman standing next to field showers on Tinian in late 1945 or early 1946
Unidentified U.S. serviceman wearing bath towel standing next to field showers on Tinian in late 1945 or early 1946.
U.S. servicemen on Tinian in late 1945
Unidentified U.S. servicemen, one wearing sunglsses, in uniform standing in front of a metal shack onTinian in late 1945
U.S. servicemen on Tinian in late 1945
Three unidentified U.S. servicemen on Tinian in late 1945
U.S. servicemen on Tinian in late 1945
Unidentified U.S. servicemen posing with Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka "cherry blossom" or baka, a rocket powered human-guided...

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