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A medic treats a wounded 161 Regimental Combat Team soldier in the Philippines in 1945
"Medic treats wounded 161 RCT [Regimental Combat Team] soldier." [1945]
A member of the Australian Women's Army Service in front of Eagers used car store during World War II in Queensland, Australia
A member of the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) in front of Eagers used car store during World War II in...
A men checks and logs rolls of V-mail film in Papua New Guinea in 1944
V-mail operation in the field at APO 929. "Initial step in the Receiving section is this operation of checking the...
A military facility at the base of an unidentified hill, Pacific Theater, 1944-46
View of hill near unidentified US military base. See also 2010.216.222. Pacific Theater. 1944-46
A mine explodes at Talesea, New Britain in September 1944
A mine explodes several yards away; you can make out clods of dirt being thrown by the explosion. "Explosion from...
A minesweeper uses an SCR-625 mine detector to pinpoint enemy mines in the jungle at Talesea, New Britain in September 1944
A minesweeper uses an SCR-625 mine detector to pinpoint enemy mines in the jungle. "Mine detectors sweep area near...
A mobile command post on a road near Santo Tomas, Luzon in the Philippines on 24 March 1945
"Mobile command post on road near Santo Tomas, Luzon." 24 March 1945
A modified CCKW truck being used to pick up large pieces of lumber at Cape Gloucester, New Britain in August 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. A modified CCKW truck being used to pick up large pieces of lumber. "2-1/2 ton...
A modified CCKW used to haul lumber at Cape Gloucester, New Britain in August 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. A modified CCKW used to haul lumber. "2-1/2 ton six-by truck turned into boom...
A modified LCM used as a patrol boat at an unknown location in the 1940s
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. A modified LCM used as patrol boat. "LCM (landing craft mechanized) converted...
A mother and child at New Guinea in the 1940s
Pacific Island mother with child suckling breast. 194-
A multi-exposed photograph of servicemen posing with bananas at their camp in the Pacific during World War II
A multi-exposed photograph of servicemen posing with bananas at their camp in the Pacific during World War II. "Figure...
A native islander carries a machete beneath his arm, presumably hunting in the Solomon Islands in the 1940s
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. A native islander carries a machete beneath his arm, as well as handmade bow and...
A native islander rows several American soldiers on an outrigger canoe at New Britain in September 1944
A native islander rows several American soldiers on an outrigger canoe. "I...
A Navy Grumman F6F Hellcat lands on its carrier following a strike at Japanese installations in the Philippines in February 1945
419.Photograph. 'File No: 47892 February 6, 1945 Hellcat comes back A Navy Grumman F6F Hellcat lands on its carrier...
A Northrop P-61 Black Widow on Guam in 1945
A Northrop P-61 Black Widow on Guam in 1945
A nurse feeds a hospital ward full of wounded soldiers who lay in beds with mosquito nets above them at Cape Gloucester, New Britain on 15 August 1944
A nurse brings food up the aisle of a hospital ward full of wounded soldiers who lay in beds with mosquito nets above...
A packed train loaded with passangers in Iloilo, Philippines in August 1945
A packed train loaded with passangers; Filipino men near train look back at photographer; in Iloilo, Philippines. From...
A patrol leader discusses logistics with an intelligence officer at New Britain in 1944
A patrol leader discusses logistics with intelligence officer. "Patrol leader briefs S-2 officer." New Britain. [1944]
A pet monkey argues with himself in the mirror of a jeep ambulance at Manila in the Philippines on 8 February 1945
"Pet monkey argues with himself in mirror of jeep ambulance." 8 February 1945
A Philippine countryside scene in 1944
"Philippine countryside scenes." 1944
A photograph of servicemen in the Pacific Islands, with handwritten annotations, in the 1940s
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. Group photograph of servicemen in Pacific Islands, each identified with...
A pile of Japanese flamethrowers in their original shipping boxes at New Britain in the 1940s
A pile of Japanese flamethrowers in their original shipping boxes. "Captured enemy [Japanese] flame throwers." New...
A piper cub plane in the air over New Britain in September 1944
A piper cub plane in the air over New Britain. "L-4...
A Piper J-3 Cub airplane flies low over a field to gather a message on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands on 23 February 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. A Piper J-3 Cub airplane (a.k.a. L-4) flies low over a field to gather a...
A Piper J-3 Cub flies low over a small jungle creek at an unknown location in the 1940s
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. A Piper J-3 Cub (L-4) flies low over a small jungle creek, soldiers and their...
A Piper J-3 Cub flies low over the ground to pick up a message via field panel on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands on 23 February 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. A Piper J-3 Cub (a.k.a. L-4) flies low over the ground of Guadalcanal to pick up...
A quad .50 Cal machine gun mounted on a half track is manned by Btry A, 209th AAA Battalion on the Villa Verde Trail near Carranglan in the Philippines on 7 April 1945
"Quad 50 cal machine gun mounted on half track manned by Btry A, 209th AAA Bn, Villa Verde Trail." 7 April 1945
A raft made from oil drums used to ferry troops across the Tuhihan River at Manila in the Philippines on 4 February 1945
"Raft made from oil drums used at ferry troops across Tuhihan River." 4 February 1945
A ration dump and supply depot on Cape Gloucester, New Britain in August 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. Ration dump and Supply Depot on Cape Gloucester, a jeep driving by. "Base camp...
A residential district of Nagasaki undamaged by the second atomic bomb in Japan on 22 September 1945
"Residential district of Nagasaki undamaged by 2nd Atomic bomb." 22 September 1945
A residential district of Nagasaki undamaged by the second atomic bomb in Japan on 22 September 1945
"Residential district of Nagasaki undamaged by 2nd Atomic bomb." 22 September 1945
A residential district of Nagasaki undamaged by the second atomic bomb in Japan on 22 September 1945
"Residential district of Nagasaki undamaged by 2nd Atomic bomb." 22 September 1945
A residential district of Nagasaki undamaged by the second atomic bomb in Japan on 22 September 1945
"Residential district of Nagasaki undamaged by 2nd Atomic bomb." 22 September 1945
A residential district of Nagasaki undamaged by the second atomic bomb in Japan on 22 September 1945
"Residential district of Nagasaki undamaged by 2nd Atomic bomb." 22 September 1945

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