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The bodies of dead Japanese soldiers on Kwajalein Atoll, 1944
The bodies of dead Japanese soldiers lie on the ground. They are still wearing their uniforms. There is a cannon in the...
The bodies of dead Japanese soldiers, Saipan, 1944
Photograph. Open field littered with the bodies of dead Japanese soldiers. Personal caption: "Saipan - 1944." Saipan....
The bodies of dead US Marines on a beach on Tarawa, 1943
The bodies of dead US Marines, surrounded by debris, lie on a beach. "Marine Dead at Tarawa beach." Tarawa, Gilbert...
The body of a dead Japanese soldier lies on the ground near a foxhole, Pacific Theater, 1943-1945
The body of a dead Japanese soldier lies on the ground near a foxhole. Pacific Theater. 1943-1945
The body of a dead Japanese soldier, Saipan, 1944
Photograph. Corpse of a dead Japanese soldier lying on the ground surrounded by sandbags. Personal caption: "Saipan -...
The uncompleted cemetery of the Third and Fourth Marine Divisions on Iwo Jima in March 1945
539.Photograph 'File Number: TR-12948 Released: March 30, 1945 Iwo Jima March 1945 Iwo's cost The uncompleted cemetery...
Three 1st Cavalry soldiers killed in fight for Santo Tomas are buried on grounds in Manila in the Philippines on 5 February 1945
"Three 1st Cav soldiers killed in fight for Santo Tomas are buried on grounds." Manila. 5 February 1945
Three 1st Cavalry soldiers killed in fight for Santo Tomas are buried on grounds in Manila in the Philippines on 5 February 1945
"Three 1st Cav soldiers killed in fight for Santo Tomas are buried on grounds." Manila. 5 February 1945
Three soldiers raise the American flag during a ceremony in the cemetery at Cape Gloucester, New Britain in September 1944
Three soldiers raise the American flag during a ceremony in the cemetery on Cape Gloucester. "Army cemetery at Cape...
Transportation of corpses from Dachau concentraction camp, Germany, 1945
Photograph. Prisoners in striped uniforms carry an emaciated man on a stretcher; a cart with a pile of corpses is next...
Transportation of corpses from Dachau concentraction camp, Germany, 1945
Photograph. Prisoners in striped uniforms carry an emaciated man on a stretcher; a cart with a pile of corpses is next...
Transporting the dead from Wakde Island, New Guinea, 1944
Photograph, aerial. United States Army soldiers carrying the bodies of dead on a beach towards a LCVP [Landing Craft,...
Two beheaded Japanese heads on table. PTO. 1945
Photograph. Two beheaded Japanese heads on table. Personal caption on photo front: "Scratch two- Good Japs"” and on...
Two cautionary tombstones about finding protection from incoming fire in the European countryside in 1944 or 1945
Slide. Two cautionary tombstones about finding protection from incoming fire in the European countryside, one reading ‘...
Two full barracks bags and random boots litter the shore after the invasion of Talesea, New Britain in September 1944
Two full barracks bags and random boots litter shore after the invasion of Talesea. "Unclaimed barracks bags on beach...
Two U.S. Marines stand over a dead Japanese soldier, 1945
Photograph. Two U.S. Marines stand over a dead Japanese soldier. Unknown location. 1945
Two US soldiers examine the body of a deceased German soldier, France, 1944
Photograph. Two US soldiers examine the body of a deceased German soldier. Official caption on photo front: "7/MM-44-...
U.S. servicemen looking at rows of bodies of dead concentration camp victims, Buchenwald, Germany, May 1945
Photograph. U.S. servicemen looking at hundreds of bodies of dead concentration camp victims laid out on the ground...
U.S. Soldier standing guard near coffins, ETO, 1945
Photograph. Close up view of U.S. soldier of the 34th Infantry Division standing at parade rest with an M-1 Garand...
Unburied dead, 1945
Photograph. Bloated Japanese corpses in a pile on unknown Pacific Island. 1945
United States servicemen and decomposing German soldier's body, North Africa, 1942-43
Two unidentified United States servicemen looking at decomposing German soldier's body in desert. See also 2009.278....
United States servicemen and decomposing German soldier's body, North Africa, 1942-43
Two unidentified United States servicemen looking at decomposing German soldier's body in desert. See also 2009.278.299...
US Army soldier advancing through enemy fire, Germany, 1945
Photograph. United States Army soldier running with a machine gun past the corpse of another soldier in a ditch; a jeep...
US Army soldier severely injured from a booby-trap Sicily, 1943
Photograph. Severely injured United States Army soldier lying on the ground and grasping his right arm while two other...
US Army soldier shooting at a Japanese sniper, Philippines
Photograph. United States Army soldier shooting at a sniper while lying in prone position; a dead soldier is lying on...
US Army soldiers advancing past a dead soldier, Philippines, 1945
Photograph. Armed United States Army soldiers advancing along the base of a hillside past the body of a dead American...
US Army soldiers advancing through Bischwiller, France, 1944
Photograph. United States Army soldiers walking down a city street past the body of a dead American soldier on a...
US Army soldiers and M10 tank destroyer firing at German forces near Paris, France, 1944
Photograph. Two United States Army soldiers taking cover behind a low wall near a M10 tank destroyer firing at German...
US Marine burial service, Kwajalein Atoll, 1944
Photograph. United States Marine playing a bugle near multiple graves while other Marines stand with their heads bowed...
US Marine funeral service, New Britain, 1943
Photograph. United States Marines kneeling in front of graves in a cemetery while a chaplain gives a sermon behind a...
US Marine funeral, Saipan, 1944
Photograph. United States Marines holding rifles standing and kneeling next to a row of dead Marines covered by cloth....
US Marines burial service on the deck of a ship, Tarawa Atoll, 1943
Photograph. Large crowd of United States Marines on the deck of a ship during the burial service of three Marines...
US Marines carrying a dead body from the frontlines, Saipan, 1944
Photograph. Four United States Marines carrying the covered body of a dead Marine on a stretcher. Official caption on...
US Marines examining a dead Japanese soldier, Gilbert Islands, 1943
Photograph. United States Marines examining the corpse of a Japanese soldier in a ditch on a beach. Official caption on...
US Marines kneel during a mass for deceased soldiers, Tarawa, 1943
US Marines kneel in tribute to their fallen comrades as Father C. C. Rwdel, Chicago, Marine Corps chaplain, conducts...
US Marines marching past the bodies of dead Japanese soldiers, Enewetak Atoll, 1944
Photograph. Several groups of United States Marines marching past the bodies of dead Japanese soldiers lying together...

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