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Servicemen posing with a Filipino child, Philippines
Photograph. Eight servicemen standing and kneeling behind a young Filipino child; the ocean is in the background....
Servicemen posing with a Filipino child, Philippines
Photograph. Eight servicemen standing and kneeling behind a young Filipino child; the ocean is in the background....
Servicemen posing with civilian women
Photograph. Three American servicemen standing with four civilian women outside. Location unknown. No date
Servicemen resting, Philippines
Photograph. Several servicemen sitting or walking around a construction area; Filipino men and boys are in the...
Servicemen riding on the side of a car through Piccadilly Circus, England, 1945
Photograph. United States servicemen standing on the frame of car driving down Piccadilly Circus; the two women in the...
Servicemen sitting on a boat
Photograph. Two United States servicemen sitting and standing on a wooden boat. Location unknown. No date
Servicemen sitting on a staircase, Philippines
Photograph. Two servicemen sitting on a wood staircase leading up to an elevated hut; Filipina women and children are...
Servicemen standing on a German tank
Photograph. American servicemen standing on a German Panzer in a town; a child is standing next to the tank. Location...
Servicemen standing on a German tank
Photograph. Two American servicemen standing on a German Panzer in a town; other servicemen are standing around the...
Servicemen taking photographs on top of a roof in Davies Street, England, 1945
Photograph. Two United States Servicemen taking photographs on the roof of a building overlooking the crowd in Davies...
Servicemen waiting next to a parked train
Photograph. United States serviceman sitting in the entrance of a railroad car while two others stand outside of it;...
Servicemen walking through St. Peter's Square, Vatican City, 1944
Photograph. Servicemen walking through St. Peter's Square; the Vatican Obelisk is in the center; the Fountain of St....
Several native islanders lead soldiers through the dense jungle of New Britain in September 1944
Several native islanders lead soldiers through the dense jungle of New Britain. "Friendly natives guide recon patrol in...
Several native islanders stand on the shore of New Britain, two PT boats are in the water, in September 1944
Several native islanders stand on the shore of New Britain, two PT boats in the water beyond. "40th Div soldiers wait...
Several women of Utapua pose for a photo in front of a thatched hut at Utapua, Banks Islands in the 1940s
Several native woman of Utapua, one pregnant and two with small children in papooses pose for a photo in front of a...
Sheep crossing a small bridge
Photograph. Herd of sheep crossing a culvert by bridge, residential buildings are in the background. Location unknown....
Sheep crossing a small bridge
Photograph. Herd of sheep crossing a culvert by bridge, residential buildings are in the background. Location unknown....
Shell casings are unloaded from US trucks as Italian civilians sift through them in Italy, circa 1944-45
98.Photograph. Thousands of shell casings are unloaded from US trucks as Italian civilians sift through them. Italy....
Shepherd hearding sheep
Photograph. Herd of sheep following a shepherd through a field, a dog is near the shepherd; a town is in the background...
Shepherd hearding sheep
Photograph. Herd of sheep following a shepherd through a field, a dog is near the shepherd; a town is in the background...
Shepherd leading sheep
Photograph. Herd of sheep following a shepherd across a bridge over a culvert. Location unknown. No date
Side of the Louvre Palace, France, 1945
Photograph. Side of the Louvre Palace; civilians are walking on the sidewalk; cars are driving in the street. Personal...
Six U.S. Army soldiers with woman and dog, France, 1945
Photograph. Group portrait of six unidentified U.S. Army soldiers, with woman and dog, standing for picture outdoors....
Skiff on a river, Philippines, 1945
Photograph. Filipino man paddling a small skiff loaded with wood down a river; raised houses border the river. Manila,...
Small boat on a beach, New Guinea, 1944
Photograph. Close-up of the end of a small boat on a beach. Personal caption on reverse: "New Guinea coastline w/...
Small conga line dancing down Davies Street, England, 1945
Photograph, cropped. An American private leading a conga line of three British women down Davies Street; civilians are...
Small conga line dancing down Davies Street, England, 1945
Photograph. An American private leading a conga line of several British women down Davies Street; a British man is...
Small wooden structure, New Guinea
Photograph. Small wooden structure resembling a hut; elaborate carvings are on the roof; huts are in the background....
Smoke clouds
Photograph. Smoke clouds from explosions. Location unknown. No date
Soldiers and local children, possibly in Accra, Ghana during World War II
Photograph. Soldiers and local children, possibly in Accra, Ghana in the 1940s. Possibly Air Transport Command.
Soldiers attempt to get a 2 1/2 ton truck across a stream in New Guinea as locals look on during World War II
Soldiers attempt to get a 2 1/2 ton truck across a stream in New Guinea as locals look on during World War II.
Soldiers attempt to get a 2 1/2 ton truck across a stream in New Guinea as locals look on during World War II
Soldiers attempt to get a 2 1/2 ton truck across a stream in New Guinea as locals look on during World War II.
Soldiers evacuating people from the path of Mt. Vesuvius' eruption in San Sebastiano, Italy, 1944
Photograph. Soldiers evacuating people from the path of Mt. Vesuvius' eruption. Official caption on reverse: "Sig C...
Soldiers get into an outrigger canoe on the shore of New Britain, aided by native islanders in September 1944
Soldiers get into an outrigger canoe on the shore of New Britain, aided by native islanders. "Patrol uses native canoes...
Soldiers interacting with locals in India in 1944
Photograph. Soldiers interacting with locals in India in 1944.
Soldiers pass German civilians in the war torn town of Pirmasens, Germany in 1945
Soldiers pass German civilians in a war torn town. Note that unknown identifying information has been stricken in the...

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