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Children taking cover behind a truck, Aubencheul-au-Bac, 1944
Photograph. Young, French boys taking cover by the hood of a car as a United States Army tank from the 2nd Armored...
Chinese 50th Division soldier shooting at Japanese soldiers in a burning hut, Hsipaw
Photograph. Chinese 50th Division soldier crouching behind a fencepost and shooting at Japanese soldiers in a burning...
Chinese soldiers firing a machine gun at Japanese forces near Bhamo, Burma, 1945
Photograph. Chinese soldiers firing a machine gun from behind a low wall at Japanese forces. Official caption on front...
Chinese soldiers firing at Japanese forces, Bhamo, 1944
Photograph. Chinese soldiers shooting at Japanese forces from a trench near a temple. Official caption on front: "...
Chinese soldiers running while under artillery fire, Bhamo, 1944
Photograph. Chinese soldiers running over war-damaged terrain under artillery fire. Official caption on front: "Chinese...
Combat photographers' jeep crushed by tank under fire from enemy anti-tank guns at Cabarvan Hills, Luzon in the Philippines on 25 January 1945
"Combat photographers' jeep crushed by tank under fire from enemy anti-tank guns, Cabarvan Hills, Luzon." 25 January...
Dead German soldiers
Photograph. The bodies of three dead German soldiers inside a stone structure. The bodies are lying on a dirt floor...
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 serviceman lying on the ground in front of a tank
Photograph. Dead serviceman lying on his back in front of a tank that has crashed against a building; rubble surrounds...
Destruction of Japanese foxholes, Guam, 1944
Photograph. Several small explosions grouped close together on a small hill; a United States Marine is running in the...
Engineers transporting a truck on the Seine River while under fire, Montreau, 1944
Photograph. United States Army engineers ferrying a truck across the Seine River while under fire; splashes of water...
Explosions hurl smoke and sea water high around two of the Japanese ships attacked by Commander Norman M. 'Bus' Miller, at Kwajalein in September 1944
403.Photograph. Consolidated PB4Y-1 Liberator. 'File No: 46576 September 21, 1944 Saga of Bus Miller--- Explosions hurl...
Facade of San Agustin Church, Philippines, 1945
Photograph. Damaged facade of San Agustin Church. Intramuros, Manila, Philippines. 1945
FFI resistance fighters during a shootout, Paris, 1944
Photograph. French Forces of the Interior members lying in prone position on a bridge while shooting at German forces....
French soldiers of 7th Army storming Marseille, France, 1944
Photograph. French soldiers under the command of the United States 7th Army advancing along a sidewalk. Official...
German bombardment in a valley, Italy, 1943
Photograph. German bombardment in a valley. Official caption on front: "MM-5-150319." Official caption on reverse: "Sig...
German soldiers surrendering to the 7th Armored Division near Eisborn, Germany
Photograph. German soldiers surrendering to United States Army soldiers from the 7th Armored Division on a hillside....
Hundreds of shell casings and boxes for shells litter beach on Iwo Jima on 21 February 1945
US Marines near 105mm howitzers on beach, hundreds of shell casings and boxes for shells litter beach. Official caption...
I Co, 3rd Battalion, 129th Infantry Regiment advances on Yangiran Barrio, Luzon in the Philippines in 1945
""I" Co, 3rd Bn, 129 Inf Regt advance on Yangiran Barrio, Luzon." [1945]
Indian Army soldiers firing rifles from under vegetation, Pinwe
Photograph. Two Indian Army soldiers firing rifles from cover under vegetation. Official caption on front: "Indian...
Infantrymen advance through a rubble filled street of Aachen in October 1944
Infantrymen advance through a rubble filled street. "ETO-HQ-44-17893. Ellett. 15 Oct. Signal corps photo. Infantrymen...
Infantrymen clearing debris from a road, France, 1944
Photograph. Infantrymen clearing debris from a knocked out German halftrack and 105mm gun; one infantryman piles dirt...
Infantrymen entering a French town in July 1944
Infantrymen entering a town. "ETO-HQ-44-7083. Newhouse. 9 July. Infantry troops entering Lu Haye du Puis." Normandy,...
Infantrymen in a field advancing on a target in Prummern, Germany on 10 December 1944
Infantrymen in a field advancing on a target. Note that units have been stricken in the caption. Official caption: "ETO...
Infantrymen in a field advancing on a target in Prummern, Germany on 10 December 1944
Infantrymen in a field advancing on a target. Note that units have been stricken in the caption. Official caption: "ETO...
Infantrymen under fire on the outskirts of Brest, France in August 1944
Infantrymen under fire. "ETO-HQ-44-13126. Englash. 28 Aug. Signal corps photo. A U.S. infantry column under attack on...
Japanese bomb exploding near an American LST off the coast of Cape Gloucester, New Britain
Photograph. Explosion of water from a Japanese bomb strike near an American LST [Landing Ship, Tank] in open water....
Japanese planes fail to hit targets during raid off Guam in July 1944
508.Photograph. 'File Number: 238.964 August 22, 1944 Jap planes fail to hit targets during raid off Guam-White splash...
Japanese soldiers killed by the 124th Infantry Regiment, Mindanao Island, 1945
Photograph. Several dead Japanese soldiers lying on the ground as United States Army soldiers from the 124th Infantry...
Japanese-American troops fire grenades into enemy positions, Italy, 1944
Photograph. Japanese-American troops fire grenades into enemy positions. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-8737."...
Knocked out Japanese artillery, Tarawa, 1943
Photograph. Knocked out Japanese artillery gun behind a sand dune. Official caption on front: "Tarawa / USMC Photo / No...
Knocked out Japanese tank, Tarawa, 1943
Photograph. A United States Marine inspects a knocked out Japanese tank net to a cement fortification. Official caption...
Lieutenant General Keller Emrick Rockey speaking on field phone during invasion of Iwo Jima in February 1945
Lieutenant General Keller Emrick Rockey, commander of the Fifth Marine Division, in the battle of Iwo Jima, speaking on...
M114 155 mm howitzer firing at night, Italy, 1944
Photograph. United States Army soldier firing a M114 155 mm howitzer at night. Official caption on front: "155mm...

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