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A U. S. Marine is buried in the waters off the shore of Iwo Jima in February 1945
552.Photograph 'C.G. 48285 February, 1945 Sea burial for Marine killed on Iwo Jima The flag-draped body of a U. S....
A U.S. Marine flamethrower stands over two dead Japanese soldiers, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, 1944
Photograph. A U.S. Marine flamethrower looks at two dead Japanese soldiers in bunker at Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall...
A US Marine, holding a flame thrower, stands near dead Japanese soldiers on Kwajalein Atoll, 1944
A US Marine, holding a flame thrower, stands near two dead Japanese soldiers; there is a damaged bunker behind them and...
A US soldier inspects dead Japanese soldiers for papers on Luzon in the Philippines in 1945
"U.S. soldier inspects dead Jap [Japanese] soldier for papers." [1945]
American captain lays down a wreath during memorial ceremony, Belluno, Italy, June 1945
Photograph. Captain of the 85th Infantry Division lays down a wreath during memorial ceremony in Italy; other...
American Cemetery on Tinian
Photograph. Entrance to an American Cemetery on Tinian. The center is open with a flagpole in the background; flanked...
American military cemetery
Photograph. Rows of white crosses in a military cemetery, an American flag is in the background. Location unknown. No...
American soldier where he fell on Normandy Beach in June 1944
Dead American soldier lying next to crossed rifles on a Normandy beach. Official caption: "American soldier where he...
American soldiers move carefully along a rural road to Saint-Lô, France on 21 July 1944
American soldiers move carefully along a rural road. Official caption: "ETO-HQ-44-8116-Ryan-6-21 July. Credit...Signal...
American soldiers place dead German soldiers in a truck in Nennig, Germany on 30 January 1945
American soldiers place dead German soldiers in a truck. Official caption: "ETO HQ 45 11006 30 Jan. Credit...US Army...
An Allied cemetery in Salerno, Italy in 1944 or 1945
Slide.“Salerno Allied Cemetery. From box originally labeled "Italy. Naples-Capri. 44-45." Late 1944 to early 1945
An American soldier poses over the body of a dead Japanese sniper, Tarawa, 1943
An American soldier poses with a gun over the body of a dead Japanese sniper lying in a ditch. "Dead Jap sniper on...
An American soldier reads a German letter in Villiers-Fossard, France on 3 July 1944.
An American soldier reads a German letter. Official caption: "ETO HQ 44 6556 Murray (5) 3 July. Credit---Signal Corps...
An unknown military cemetery in the Pacific during World War II
An unknown military cemetery in the Pacific during World War II. Probably on New Guinea.
Australian soldier checking the body of dead Japanese soldier on Labuan Island, near Borneo, June 1945
Photograph. Australian soldier checking the body of dead Japanese soldier. Note his slouch hat and the grenade he is...
Australian soldier kneeling next to body of a dead Japanese soldier on Labuan Island, near Borneo, June 1945
Photograph. Australian Army Private J. Gianoni kneeling next to body of a dead Japanese soldier that he had killed. He...
Australian soldiers carrying a dead body aboard an LCM at Tarakan Island, near Borneo, May 1945
Photograph. Australian soldiers carrying a dead body on a stretcher aboard an LCM (Landing Craft, Mechanized). Note the...
Australian soldiers covering dead body on landing beach near Lutong, Borneo, June 1945
Photograph. Australian soldiers covering the dead body of Private C. D. Lyall on landing beach, Chaplain C. W. Hammond...
Australian soldiers looking at dead bodies of Japanese soldiers, near Borneo, June 1945
Photograph. Large group of Australian soldiers looking at dead bodies of four Japanese soldiers. Note the slouch hats.”...
Australian soldiers looking at dead body of Japanese soldier on Labuan Island, near Borneo, June 1945
Photograph. Seven Australian soldiers looking at dead body of Japanese soldier. There is a tent camp with large group...
Australian soldiers surrounding three dead Japanese soldiers on Labuan Island, near Borneo, June 1945
Photograph. Australian soldiers surrounding three dead Japanese soldiers. One Austrilian soldier is searching the body...
Blurry image of bodies of dead adults and children at Buchenwald concentration camp, Weimar, Germany in May 1945
Photograph. Blurry image of bodies of dead adults and children, including a small baby girl laid out on the ground...
Bodies of dead adults and children at Buchenwald concentration camp, Weimar, Germany, May 1945
Photograph. Bodies of dead adults and children, including a small baby girl laid out on the ground inside Buchenwald...
Bodies of dead children at Buchenwald concentration camp, Weimar, Germany, May 1945
Photograph. Bodies of dead children, including a small baby girl laid out on the ground inside Buchenwald concentration...
Bodies of dead children at Buchenwald concentration camp, Weimar, Germany, May 1945
Photograph. Bodies of dead children, including a small baby girl laid out on the ground inside Buchenwald concentration...
Bodies of dead concentration camp victims laid out on the ground at Buchenwald concentration camp, Germany, May 1945
Photograph. Blurry image of hundreds of bodies of dead concentration camp victims laid out on the ground inside...
Bodies of dead Japanese soldiers lie near railroad tracks, Saipan, 1944
Photograph. The bodies of dead Japanese soldiers lie on the ground near railroad tracks. Personal caption: "Replused [...
Bodies of dead Japanese soldiers lie on a beach, Saipan, 1944
Photograph. The bodies of dead Japanese soldiers lying on a beach. Personal caption: "Saipan - 1944." Saipan. 1944
Bodies of dead US Marines being transported, Pacific Ocean
Photograph. Bodies of four United States Marines wrapped in American flags aboard a LCVP [Landing Craft, Vehicle,...
Bodies of deceased German and British soldiers lie on the ground, Cassino, Italy, 1943
Photograph. Bodies of deceased German and British soldiers lie on the ground outside of the monastery walls. Official...
Bodies of deceased German and British soldiers, Cassino, Italy, 1943
Photograph. Bodies of deceased German and British soldiers. Official caption on front: "MM-5-151062." Official caption...
Bodies of deceased soldiers are surrounded by their living compatriots, San Pietro, Italy, 1943
Photograph. Bodies of deceased soldiers are surrounded by their living compatriots. Official caption on front: "MM-5-...
Bodies of Filipino civilians killed by Japanese are piled in back of truck on 19 February 1945
"Bodies of Filipino civilians killed by Japs are piled in back of truck." 19 February 1945
Bodies of US Coast Guardmen killed during the attack on the USS Callaway, Lingayen Gulf, 1945
Photograph. Bodies of dead Coast Guardsmen wrapped in white sheets on a ship deck. Official caption on front: "Coast...
British soldiers pass the corpses of German soldiers on a country track, Italy, 1944
Photograph. British soldiers pass the corpses of German soldiers on a country track. Official caption on front: "MM-5-...
Broken down jeep
Photograph. American jeep on the side of a road with its hood up and a rear tire missing. Location unknown. No date

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