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Burial at sea ceremony aboard the USS Intrepid off the coast of Luzon, Philippines
Photograph. United States Navy sailors holding flags of the United States at the edge of the USS Intrepid (CV-11)....
Burial at sea ceremony on the deck of the USS Lexington, Pacific Ocean
Photograph. United States sailors and officers saluting the flag-draped bodies of two deceased sailors on the deck of...
Burial at sea, Tinian, 1944
Photograph. United States Marine Corps chaplain leading a funeral service at the edge of the deck of a ship. Official...
Burial of US soldier in Marzanello, Italy, 1944
Photograph. Soldiers attend the funeral of a fallen comrade. Official caption on front: "MM-5-152363"; Official...
Burnt Japanese corpse in a foxhole, Engebi Island, 1944
Photograph. A Japanese soldier's burnt corpse halfway out of a foxhole. Official caption on reverse: "3339. From:...
Burnt Japanese corpse in a foxhole, Engebi Island, 1944
Photograph. A Japanese soldier's burnt corpse standing halfway out of a foxhole. Official caption on reverse: "3340....
Cemetery with crosses in jungle in Burma in 1945
Cemetery with crosses in jungle. "Graveyard in Burma " the results of the Battle of Hosi Valley and Naushkan Ridge....
Chaplain conducts a battlefield burial on Ie Shima Island, Japan, 1945
Photograph. U.S. chaplain conducts services, with fuel drums serving as an altar, for Americans who fell during battle...
Charred torso of a Japanese man
Photograph. Charred torso of a Japanese man, presumably the victim of a bombing; his legs are missing and his abdominal...
Civilians killed by Japanese troops at the intersection of Isaac Peral & Marque du Comillas Streets in Manila in the Philippines in 1945
"Civilians, with hand tied, were killed by Jap troops. Filipino and Chinese civilians killed by Jap troops at the...
Civilians, with hands tied, were killed by Japanese troops in the Philippines on 13 February 1945
"Civilians, with hands tied, were killed by Jap troops." 13 February 1945
Coast Guardsman examining a dead Japanese soldier, Enewetak Atoll, 1944
Photograph. Coast Guardsman standing over the body of a dead Japanese soldier in a beach trench. Caption stamped in...
Coast Guardsman Joseph Gadek Jr. holding the Purple Heart medal awarded to his deceased brother, New York
Photograph. Teenage Coast Guardsman Joseph Gadek, Jr. holding the Purple Heart medal awarded to his deceased brother....
Coast Guardsmen carrying a flag-shrouded native corpse on a stretcher, Marshall Islands
Photograph. Five Coast Guardsmen carrying an American flag-shrouded native corpse on a stretcher through a cemetery in...
Corpse awaiting burial, Dachau concentration camp, Germany, 1945
Photograph. Emaciated, partially-clothed corpse lying on a stretcher. Dachau concentration camp, Germany. May 1945
Corpse in prison camp, 1945
Photograph. Corpse lying facedown on the ground. Open metal container nearby. Fenced compound in the background....
Corpse in prison camp, 1945
Photograph. Corpse caught in a barbed wire fence. Presumably a concentration camp. Europe. 1945
Corpse in prison camp, 1945
Photograph. Corpse lying under a busted mattress. Two civilian women in the background. Presumably a concentration camp...
Corpse in prison camp, 1945
Photograph. Swollen corpses lying on the ground. Civilians and soldiers walking in the background near a fence....
Corpse in prison camp, 1945
Photograph. Man with unbuttoned shirt lies under a mattress. Eyes open but might be dead. Presumably a victim in a...
Corpse in prison camp, 1945
Photograph. Blackened corpse lies under a barbed wire fence. Presumably a victim in a concentration camp. Europe. 1945
Corpse in prison camp, 1945
Photograph. Blackened naked corpse lies on the ground. Presumably a victim in a concentration camp. Europe. 1945
Corpses in prison camp, 1945
Photograph. Swollen corpses lying on the ground near a fence. Presumably a concentration camp. Europe. 1945
Corpses of dead Japanese soldiers, Saipan, 1944
Photograph. The bodies of dead Japanese soldiers lying on the ground. Personal Caption: "Saipan - 1944." Saipan. 1944
Corpses of dead Japanese soldiers, Saipan, 1944
Photograph. Shallow muddy ditch holds the bodies of dead Japanese soldiers. Personal caption: "Saipan - 1944." Saipan....
Dead concentration camp victims laid out on the ground, Buchenwald, Germany, May 1945
Photograph. Blurry image of soldiers and civilians walking past the bodies of dead concentration camp victims laid out...
Dead German soldier in ditch near Langlir, Belgium, 1945
Photograph. Dead German soldier lying in a water-filled ditch next to show-covered road. Official caption on front: "...
Dead Japanese soldier in Intramuros, the walled city of Manila in the Philippines on 23 February 1945
"Dead Jap [Japanese] soldier in Intramurals (walled city, Manila). 23 February 1945
Dead Japanese soldier lies near front steps of Philippine General Hospital at Manila in the Philippines on 15 February 1945
"Dead Jap soldier lies near front steps of Philippine General Hospital." 15 February 1945
Dead Japanese soldier, Enewetak Atoll, 1944
Photograph. Dead Japanese soldier lying in a shallow ditch with a bayonet in his neck. Official caption on front: "A...
Dead Japanese soldiers and a damaged tank, Philippines, 1945
Photograph. A GI stands on a damaged tank and looks down on the bodies of dead Japanese soldiers. Philippines. 1945
Dead Japanese soldiers covered by debris, Enewetak Atoll, 1944
Photograph. Dead Japanese soldiers lying amid debris in sandy area. Official caption on front: "Dead Japs where they...
Dead Japanese soldiers in a shallow dug-out, Enewetak Atoll, 1944
Photograph. Dead Japanese soldiers lying amid debris in a shallow dug-out. Official caption on front: "Part of the...

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