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32nd Infantry Regiment soldiers digging a foxhole near a large vertical rock at Holtz Bay and Chichagof Bay on Attu, Aleutian Islands in May 1943
32nd Infantry Regiment soldiers digging foxhole near large vertical rock. '"[illegible] Chichagof from East Arm."' East...
7th Infantry Division soldiers in foxhole at Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands in January 1944
7th Infantry Division soldiers in foxhole. 'W-CPA-44-112-AK. 1/44. Young. 7th Div. Infantrymen searching for a Jap...
A small airfield with sandbagged foxholes in foreground in 1945 in Germany
5th Armored Division in Germany. Small airfield, sandbagged foxholes in foreground in 1945.
A soldier uses his entrenching tool to dig a foxhole on Guadalcanal in 1943
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. A soldier uses his entrenching tool to dig a foxhole on Guadalcanal. "U.S....
A soldier uses his M1 helmet to fig a foxhole on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands in 1943
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. A soldier uses his M1 helmet to fig a foxhole on Guadalcanal, the soldier behind...
Aerial view of American entrenchments, Scauri, Italy, 1944
Photograph, aerial. View of American entrenchments and craters from dozens of dropped bombs. Official caption on front...
American tanks and Marines fighting on the front, Kwajalein Atoll, 1944
American M4 Sherman tanks, and--in the foreground--one Marine with a .30 caliber machine gun and another with a M1918...
Antiaircraft guns in foxholes near a small US airfield in Germany in 1945
5th Armored Division in Germany in 1945. Antiaircraft guns in foxholes near small US airfield.
Brazilian Infantrymen take time out to read their mail in fox holes on the Italian front in December 1944
542.Photograph. '11 Dec 1944. BEF/5/MM-44-31384. Fifth Army, Italy. Brazilian Infantrymen take time out to read their...
British soldiers take cover behind rock forts on Monastery Hill, Cassino, Italy, 1943
Photograph. British soldiers take cover behind rock forts on a steep mountainside. Official caption on front: "MM-5-...
Bucher in foxhold on U.S. airfield in Italy in 1945
93.Photograph. Bucher's head visible from deep, narrow foxhole/trench on airfield; American B-17 bombers in background...
Camouflaged foxhole
Photograph. A deep foxhole covered by tree branches and other foliage. Location unknown. No date
Four G.I.s digging foxholes on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands on 9 March 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. Four G.I.s digging foxholes on Guadalcanal. "U.S. soldiers dig in on Guadalcanal...
Foxhole training exercises near Camp San Luis Obispo, California on 7 March 1944
772. Two officers examining foxhole construction during training exercises. '3-7-44. Von Stroheim. L to R: Lt Col...
Foxhole training exercises near Camp San Luis Obispo, California on 7 March 1944
773. US serviceman inside foxhole; preparing to be rolled over by 105 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage / M7 Priest during...
Foxhole training exercises near Camp San Luis Obispo, California on 7 March 1944
774. US servicemen inside foxholes; preparing to be rolled over by 105 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage / M7 Priest during...
Foxhole training exercises near Camp San Luis Obispo, California on 7 March 1944
775. US servicemen inside foxholes; preparing to be rolled over by 105 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage / M7 Priest during...
Foxhole training exercises near Camp San Luis Obispo, California on 7 March 1944
776. Foxhole construction testing. '3-7-44. Thompson. 155th Eng tank tests. Lt Col McWhorter of the 155th Engr Bn...
Foxhole training exercises near Camp San Luis Obispo, California on 7 March 1944
777. US serviceman inside foxhole; preparing to be rolled over by 105 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage / M7 Priest during...
Foxhole training exercises near Camp San Luis Obispo, California on 7 March 1944
778. US serviceman inside foxhole; preparing to be rolled over by 105 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage / M7 Priest during...
Foxhole training exercises near Camp San Luis Obispo, California on 7 March 1944
780. US serviceman inside foxhole; preparing to be rolled over by 105 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage / M7 Priest during...
Foxhole training exercises near Camp San Luis Obispo, California on 7 March 1944
US servicemen inside foxhole; preparing to be rolled over by 105 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage / M7 Priest during training...
German soldier digs foxhole, France, June 1944
Photograph. German soldier digging foxhole next to mile marker for Caen, 15 kilometers away. Translated German caption...
S/Sgt. Lisle Neher posing with a skull, Saipan, 1945
Slide. Staff Sergeant Lisle Neher leaning against a wall of sandbags with his arm around a human skull with a garrison...
Serviceman in foxhole
Photograph. Serviceman in undergarments stands in a covered, shallow foxhole. Military camouflage and foliage are used...
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
Three paratroopers sitting in and around a foxhole in Normandy
Three paratroopers sitting in and around a foxhole. Normandy. 1944
Two Army Air Force servicemen behind a bunker fortification in Europe, probably in 1945
Two Army Air Force servicemen behind a bunker fortification in Europe, probably in 1945
U. S. Navy beach battalion's first night ashore in France in June 1944
U. S. Navy beach battalion's first night ashore in France in June 1944. "File No: 59413. June 9, 1944. Navy Goes Ashore...
U.S. Navy Beach Battalion clearing Normandy beaches of obstacles set up by the Germans in June 1944
1/4 ton trucks, Jeeps with trailers and DUKWs travel the beach. "File Number 252842 June 20, 1944 'Pulling the teeth'...
US Marines inside a shell crater on Kwajalein Atoll, 1944
US Marines, with rifles, taking cover inside a shell crater. "Marines alert in shell crater on Namur in the Kwajalein...
US servicemen digging a fox hole in the sand between two air base tents on Sterling Island in 1944
US servicemen digging a fox hole in sand between two air base tents. '"Digging fox hole on Sterling Island. 1944."'...
US servicemen in foxhole with radio during amphibious training exercises in California on 26 February 1944
712. US servicemen in foxhole with radio during amphibious training exercises. '2-26-44. Henschel. First radio...
US servicemen posing for a quick photo behind sand bags in M1 helmets on Sterling Island in 1944
US servicemen posing for photographs behind sand bags in M1 helmets. Master Sergeant Spinks is pictured in center...
US soldier sticking head out of underground tunnel and machine gun position in Italy in November 1944
US soldier sticking head out of underground tunnel and machine gun position. "12 Nov. 1944. 5/MM-44-30323. Fifth Army,...