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View of bombed buildings, Munich, 1945
Photograph. Downtown Munich square with Military Government building and soldier looknig toward it. Munich. 1945
View of desolate city blocks, Japan, 1945
Photograph. View of desolate city blocks and decimated buildings. Aftermath of atomic bomb. Japan. 1945
View of harbor during bombing, Naples, 1944
Photograph. View of harbor with explosions throwing up tall jets of water. Personal caption on photo reverse: "Naples,...
View of the leafy greenway of Marunouchi Street, Tokyo, 1945
Photograph. View from a tall building looking down on a wide plaza. Building across the street has sustained heavy bomb...
View of the roof of a Western-style building, Japan
Photograph, aerial. View of the roof of a Western-style Japanese building next to bomb site. Personal caption: "Roof...
War damaged buildings in unidentified city, ETO, 1945
Photograph. War damaged buildings in unidentified city, as viewed from automobile. ETO, 1945
War damaged buildings in unidentified city, ETO, 1945
Photograph. War damaged buildings in unidentified city, as viewed from automobile. European Theater. Circa 1945
War damaged buildings, Cologne, Germany, April 1945
Photograph. Elevated view of war damaged buildings. Personal Caption: "Cologne Germany April 1945." Cologne, Germany....
War damaged buildings, Cologne, Germany, April 1945
Photograph. War damaged buildings, as viewed through building window. Personal Caption: "Cologne April 1945." Cologne,...
War damaged buildings, Jülich, Germany, April 1945
Photograph. War damaged buildings, as possibly viewed from American military vehicle. Personal Caption: "Julich April...
War-damaged Japanese airbase, Mili Atoll
Photograph, aerial. Bomb craters covering a Japanese airbase. Official caption on front: "Effect of naval bombardment...
Water and smoke shoots aloft as a bomb smashes the starboard side of a Japanese ship at Eniwetok on 30 January 1944
193.Photograph. 'File Number: 45231. April 8, 1944. 'Masthead pictures of sinking of Jap ship. Swooping down at...
Waves of US landing craft cruising toward Iwo Jima, Japan, 1945
Photograph, aerial. Waves of American landing craft cruising toward coastline; American warships are firing artillery...
Waves of US landing craft cruising toward Iwo Jima, Japan, 1945
Photograph, aerial. Waves of American landing craft cruising toward coastline; smoke on coast from naval bombardment....
Wildcat chasing a Japanese bomber through clouds of antiaircraft flak, Pacific Ocean, 1944
Photograph. Grumman F4F Wildcat [center] chasing a Japanese bomber [right] through clouds of antiaircraft flak near an...
Wildcat flying over Makin Island, 1942
Photograph, aerial. Grumman F4F Wildcat flying over Makin Island; smoke from bombings visible below. Official caption...
With a deafening roar, the 16' batteries of the U.S.S. Iowa loose tons of steel at a distant target during the shakedown cruise of the sea giant in October 1944
284.Photograph. USS Iowa.'46628 October 26, 1944 Challenge With a deafening roar, the 16' batteries of the U.S.S. Iowa...
Women dig through rubble, Belgium
Photograph. Belgian women digging through rubble from Allied bomb damage, no location or date. Translated German...
Wooden frame of structure destroyed
Photograph. Wooden frame of structure destroyed. Probably Japan. No date
Wreckage in a European street
Photograph. Piles of debris in city streets, probably Germany. No date
Wreckage lines a Japanese airstrip at Puluwat in this picture made from the Navy Liberator piloted by Commander Norman M. 'Bus' Miller on 9 June 1944
404.Photograph. 'File No: 46573 September 21, 1944 Saga of Bus Miller--- Wreckage lines the airstrip at Puluwat in this...
Wreckage of a B-29, Tinian, 1945
Photograph. Servicemen standing next to the severed tail section of a B-29 Bomber. The surrounding area is littered...
Wreckage of German airplanes, Italy, 1944
Photograph. Wreckage of two German airplanes in a field; a shed is in the background. Tuscany, Italy. September 1944
Wreckage of German airplanes, Italy, 1944
Photograph. Wreckage of two German airplanes in a field; a shed is in the background. Personal caption on reverse: "Two...
Wreckage of the bomb-damaged Destroyer USS Plunkett (DD-431)
Photograph. Wreckage of the bomb-damaged Destroyer USS Plunkett (DD-431) off Italy. Personal caption on photo reverse...
Wreckage on the hangar deck of the USS Sangamon off the coast of Okinawa, 1945
Photograph. Wreckage on the hangar deck of the USS Sangamon (CVE-26) after a Japanese kamikaze attack. Official caption...
Wrecked fuselage of a B-17 Flying Fortress, Thurleigh Airfield
Photograph. Fuselage of a B-17 Flying Fortress after it crashed into a Quonset hut on the airbase. Thurleigh Airfield,...
Wrecked German airplanes, Germany, 1945
Photograph. Three wrecked German bombers at the edge of a forest. Personal caption on reverse: "Pocking Germany."...
Wrecked Wellington bomber carrying a blockbuster bomb, Mediterranean Theater (probably), 1942-44
Wrecked Vickers Wellington on its belly on the ground. "Crash landing of a Wimpy with blockbuster aboard."...
Young girl sits in the middle of a bomb-destroyed city block, Belgium
Photograph. Belgian town after bombing; child sits near mattress with bags of salvaged clothing nearby; debris all over...

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