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858th Engineer Aviation Battalion riding mules, Burma, 1945
Photograph. African American servicemen of the 858th Engineer Aviation Battalion (Colored) riding mules behind several...
858th Engineer Aviation Battalion riding mules, Burma, 1945
Photograph. African American servicemen of the 858th Engineer Aviation Battalion (Colored) riding mules behind several...
A "crossing the line" ceremony in the Pacific Ocean on 1 October 1944
A "crossing the line" ceremony. "Crossing equator USS Monrovia, alias Del Argentina, Miss. Shipping Co., Delta Line,...
A band aboard the USS Iowa performs for the ship's crew in October 1944
Biak. "File No: 256602 October 26, 1944 'Beating Out' Boredom-- Despite the incessant activity, monotony sometimes...
A Catholic mass to celebrate Easter is administered in the field, Italy, 1944
Photograph. A Catholic mass to celebrate Easter is administered in the field. Official caption on front: "7/MM-5-44-...
A Chinese and anAmerican soldier relax in the window of a hut in India in 1944
Photograph. A Chinese and an American soldier relax in the window of a hut in India in 1944.
A Chinese soldier poses with a US soldier at camp in India in 1944
Photograph. A Chinese soldier poses with a US soldier at camp in India in 1944
A Chinese soldier poses with a US soldier at camp in India in 1944
Photograph. A Chinese soldier poses with a US soldier at camp in India in 1944
A Chinese soldier poses with US soldiers at camp in India in 1944
Photograph. A Chinese soldier poses with US soldiers at camp in India in 1944.
A Chinese soldier poses with US soldiers at camp in India in 1944
Photograph. A Chinese soldier poses with US soldiers at camp in India in 1944.
A Chinese soldier poses with US soldiers at camp in India in 1944
Photograph. A Chinese soldier poses with US soldiers at camp in India in 1944.
A Chinese soldier relxes in the window of a hut in India in 1944
Photograph. A Chinese soldier relaxes in the window of a hut in India in 1944.
A clothesline filled with soldiers' laundry hangs at an unknown location in the Pacific during World War II
A clothesline filled with soldiers' laundry hangs at an unknown location in the Pacific during World War II. Probably...
A Coast Guardsman in winter gear
Photograph. Coast Guardsman in winter gear posing on the deck of a Coast Guard cutter. Caption on reverse: "3336. From...
A Coast Guardsman mans an iced-up blinker light, United States
Photograph. A Coast Guardsman standing behind an iced-up blinker light in a signal tower off the coast of Maine....
A convoy of Jeeps taking men and supplies to the 'Jeep Head" in the Veggio Area of Italy on 15 November 1944
570.Photograph. '15 Nov 44. 5/MM-44-30180. Fifth Army, Veggio Area, Italy. Convoy of Jeeps taking men and supplies to...
A crew of soldiers digs an embankment along a sandy shoreline. Aleutian Islands
Photograph. A crew of soldiers digs an embankment along a sandy shoreline. Ground is wet and muddy. Distant islands...
A dentist's chair and apparatus aboard a hospital ship in New Orleans, Louisiana circa 1945
A dentist's chair and apparatus aboard a hospital ship. Official caption: "View showing dental surgery aboard U.S.A.H.S...
A drift of pigs
Photograph. A drift of pigs walking towards hay piles. In the background is a barn with Army trucks parked inside and...
A group of soldiers attend outdoor church services
Photograph. A group of soldiers attend outdoor church services, complete with an organ player, with medical tents in...
A group of soldiers in camp in India in 1944
Photograph. A group of soldiers in camp in India in 1944.
A group of soldiers peel potatoes for an upcoming mess near Milne Bay in 1943
Photograph. A group of soldiers peel potatoes for an upcoming mess near Milne Bay. 1943
A group of US Marines pose with various Japanese items on Tarawa, 1943
A group of US Marines pose with various Japanese items. "Jap booty at Tarawa." Tarawa, Gilbert Islands. 1943
A group of US soldiers in camp in India in 1944
Photograph. A group of US soldiers in camp in India in 1944.
A group of US soldiers in camp in India in 1944
Photograph. A group of US soldiers in camp in India in 1944.
A kitchen on a hospital ship in Jacksonville, Florida on 17 August 1944
A kitchen on a hospital ship. Official caption: "W.O. #1432, Neg. #983. 17 August 1944. 1. View of Galley Room #534...
A laundry facility aboard a hospital ship in Mobile, Alabama taken on 25 August 1945-3 September 1945
A laundry facility aboard a hospital ship. Official caption: "W.O. #2432, Neg. #1815-25-45. 25 Aug.-- 3 Sep. 1945. 1....
A medic holds a truck windshield wiper vacuum hose which is being used to suck blood from wound while a doctor works on Luzon in the Philippines in 1945
"Medic holds truck windshield wiper vacuum hose used to suck blood from wound as doctor works." [1945]
A mess hall aboard a hospital ship in New Orleans, Louisiana circa 1945
A mess hall aboard a hospital ship. Official caption: "Patient's Mess aboard U.S.A.H.S. 'Republic.'" New Orleans,...
A nurse's lounge on a hospital ship in New Orleans, Louisiana on 25 August 1945-03 September 1945
A nurse's lounge on a hospital ship. Official caption: "W.O. #2432, Neg. #1815-40-45. 25 Aug.--3 Sep. 1945. 1. View...
A nurse's lounge on a hospital shop in Jacksonville, Florida on 17 August 1944
A nurse's lounge on a hospital ship. Official caption: "W.O. #1432, Neg, #983. 17 August 1944. 1. Nurses's Lounge...
A nurse's lounge on a hospital shop in Jacksonville, Florida on 17 August 1944
A nurse's lounge on a hospital ship. Official caption: "W.O. #1432, Neg, #983. 17 August 1944. 1. Nurses's Lounge...
A pet monkey argues with himself in the mirror of a jeep ambulance at Manila in the Philippines on 8 February 1945
"Pet monkey argues with himself in mirror of jeep ambulance." 8 February 1945
A rifle squad fires a salute to American dead at a cemetery on Kwajalein Atoll, 1944
Rifle squad fires a salute to American dead at cemetery on a beach; an American flag flies at half-mast. "Salute to...
A sick bay on a hospital ship in New Orleans, Louisiana on 25 August 1945-3 September 1945
A sick bay on a hospital ship. Official caption: "W.O. #2432, Neg, #1815-56-45. 25 Aug.--3 Sep. 1945. 1. View showing...
A soldier boils his laundry in a makeshift wash basin near Setterich, Germany on 22 January 1945
A soldier boils his laundry in a makeshift wash basin. Note that units have been stricken in the caption. Official...

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