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Johnson, Malcolm Wounded on Wake Island
Malcolm Johnson was a civilian contractor working on the airfield at Wake Island when the Japanese tried to land troops...
Forcinella, Frank Wounded Three Times
Frank Forcinella got hit crossing a river in Luxembourg [Annotator's Note: 7 February 1945 near Echternach, Luxembourg...
Anschau, Martin Wounded, Recovery then War’s End
Martin J. Anschau and his outfit crossed an open field [Annotator’s Note: in Belgium with the 290th Infantry Regiment,...
Maresca, Frank W. Wounds
Two days before Frank Maresca's last day in combat, he and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company F, 2nd Battalion, 289th...
Lansford, William Wrapping Up Guadalcanal and Heading to New Caledonia
William Lansford took part in the Long Patrol with the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion on Guadalcanal. Most of the time he...
Goodrich, James Wrapping up Guadalcanal and the Cost of Taking Tarawa
James Goodrich and his buddy dug a foxhole. His buddy put a big branch across the top of the hole. Later that night...
Davis, Jack Wrapping up the War
Jack Davis and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company D, 1st Battalion, 10th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division]...
Roy, William Yorktown Damage Control Photographs
[Annotator's Note: William Roy reviews a series of photographs he captured during the Battle of Midway in June 1942. He...
Roy, William Yorktown Photographs from the Battle of Midway
[Annotator's Note: William Roy reviews a series of photographs he captured during the Battle of Midway in June 1942. He...
Roy, William Yorktown's Damage from Coral Sea
[Annotator's Note: William Roy was aboard the USS Yorktown (CV-5) and worked as the ship's photographer as she returned...
Simons, F.M. Young People at War
F.M. Richard Simons' worst memories are of the cold and the fear of falling asleep in his foxhole. They had wire with...
Symons, John Yunnanyi, China
John Symons was in Karachi, India and assigned to the 25th Fighter Squadron [Annotator's Note: 25th Fighter Squadron,...
132nd Infantry Regiment taking cover on a beach, Cebu Island, 1945
Photograph. United States army soldiers from the 132nd Infantry Regiment lying on a beach while under Japanese fire;...
1st Marine Division pinned down on a beach, Peleliu, 1944
Photograph. United States Marines lying low on a beach during amphibious invasion; columns of smoke are rising in the...
2nd Infantry Division taking cover from German fire on a riverbank, Germany, 1945
Photograph. United States Army soldiers from the 2nd Infantry Division taking cover from German fire behind river bank...
2nd Infantry Divisionn takingcover in a snow-covered trench, Germany
Photograph. United States Army soldiers from the 2nd Infantry Division taking cover from German fire in a snow-covered...
36th Infantry Division and French partisans taking cover on a bridge, Lyon, 1944
Photograph. United States Army soldiers from the 36th Infantry Division and French Resistance fighters taking cover...
37th Infantry Division patrol members use the "hat on a stick" trick to draw enemy fire in South Manila in the Philippines on 15 February 1945
"37th Div patrol members use "hat on a stick" trick to draw enemy fire in South Manila." 15 February 1945
37th Infantry Division patrol members use the "hat-on-stick trick" to draw enemy fire in southern Manila, in the Philippines on 15 February 1945
"37th Div patrol members use "hat on stick" trick to draw enemy fire in South Manila." 15 February 1945
37th Infantry Division taking cover from Japanese fire, Philippines, 1945
Photograph. United States Army soldiers from the 37th Infantry Division taking cover behind a concert wall on the side...
3rd Armored Division advancing while under fire, Montleban
Photograph. Two United States Army soldiers from the 3rd Armored Division running down a street past a war-damaged...
3rd Infantry Division taking cover behind a M4 Sherman tank while under fire in Nuremberg, Germany, 1945
Photograph. United States Army soldiers in the 3rd Infantry Division taking cover from German fire behind a M4 Sherman...
7th Army under German fire, Niederbronn, 1944
Photograph. United States Army soldiers from the 7th Army taking cover from German fire on sidewalk near an American...
A deserted-looking Italian town square is actually alive with action, Italy, 1944
Photograph. An apparently deserted Italian town square of this newly-won Fifth Army objective is actually alive with...
A US soldier is wounded by a mortar shell, Italy, 1944
Photograph. A US soldier is wounded by a mortar shell as he runs down a narrow alleyway. Official caption on front: "MM...
A valley is the site of heavy fighting between the Allies and the Germans, Italy, 1944
Photograph. A valley is the site of heavy fighting between the Allies and the Germans. Official caption on front: "MM-5...
Advancing US Marine taking cover behind tank, Saipan, 1944
Photograph. Advancing United States Marine taking cover from enemy fire behind a tank on a dirt road. Official caption...
Advancing US Marines taking cover behind a tank, Saipan, 1944
Photograph. Advancing United States Marines taking cover from enemy fire behind a tank named "King Kong" on a dirt road...
American and French soldiers respond to German enemy fire in Huningue, France on 3 December 1944
American and French soldiers respond to German enemy fire. Official caption: "[Illegible] Credit...U.S. Army Signal...
American landing craft unloading servicemen onto a beach under heavy German fire, Normandy, 1944
Photograph. United States servicemen wading from landing craft towards a beach. Official caption on front: "Assault...
American LCI sinking off the coast of Normandy, 1944
Photograph. United States Coast Guardsmen on the deck of a listing LCI [Landing Craft, Infantry] that is beginning to...
American soldiers take cover on a ridge in a field in Dachau, Germany on 29 April 1945
American soldiers take cover on a ridge in a field. Note that a unit has been stricken in the caption. Official caption...
Anti aircraft fire or flak above military camp, Anzio, Italy, 1944
Photograph. Bright trailers of anti aircraft fire or flak trace lines in the darkness above tents in a military camp.“...

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