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Devastation of Nagasaki industrial factory district by second atomic bomb dropped on Japanese on 22 September 1945
"Devastation of Nagasaki Industrial (Factory) District by 2nd Atomic Bomb dropped on Japan." 22 September 1945
Devastation of Nagasaki industrial factory district by second atomic bomb dropped on Japanese on 22 September 1945
"Devastation of Nagasaki Industrial (Factory) District by 2nd Atomic Bomb dropped on Japan." 22 September 1945
Devastation of Nagasaki industrial factory district by second atomic bomb dropped on Japanese on 22 September 1945
"Devastation of Nagasaki Industrial (Factory) District by 2nd Atomic Bomb dropped on Japan." 22 September 1945
Devastation of Nagasaki industrial factory district by second atomic bomb dropped on Japanese on 22 September 1945
"Devastation of Nagasaki Industrial (Factory) District by 2nd Atomic Bomb dropped on Japan." 22 September 1945
Devastation of Nagasaki industrial factory district by second atomic bomb dropped on Japanese on 22 September 1945
"Devastation of Nagasaki Industrial (Factory) District by 2nd Atomic Bomb dropped on Japan." 22 September 1945
Donald Schlenger standing in front of B-29 "Don ~ The Beachcomber", North Field, Tinian
Photograph. United States Army Air Forces officer Donald Schlenger standing in front of B-29 Bomber "Don ~ The...
Double-exposure of the city of Liège, Belgium, April 1945
Photograph. Double-exposure of buildings and river in the city of Liège, Belgium. Personal Caption: "Liege, Belgium....
Doubly-powered by the flow of jet units, a Navy Vought Corsair fighter plane roars down the deck of a carrier for a takeoff in September 1944
450.Photograph. Chance Vought F4U Corsair. 'File Number: 215656 September 9, 1944 Navy Ready to Use Jet-Assisted...
Downed aircraft
Photograph. Downed American aircraft near an island coast. Presumably Okinawa, Japan. 1945
Downed British plane with tail art, Netherlands, September 1941
Photograph. Piece of British airplane containing the nose art of Daffy Duck holding British flag next to damaged RAF...
Downed Nazi airplane
Photograph. Remains of a Nazi airplane sitting in a field; a railroad track is in the foreground. Presumably Italy. No...
Drawing of German fighter planes attacking invasion fleet
Photograph. Photograph of drawing of German fighter planes attacking invasion fleet; large barrage balloons in...
Elevated view looking down into the harbor at a disabled Japanese ship. Dutch Harbor. 1942
Photograph. Elevated view looking down into the harbor at a disabled Japanese ship. Smaller boats and other islands in...
Empty artillery shells littering the deck of a US warship off the coast of Peleliu, Palau, 1944
Photograph. Empty artillery shells littering the deck of a United States Navy warship; sailors are standing in battle...
Engine room in American submarine in 1943
"File No: W-SUB-26-41780. June 8, 1943. Life aboard a U.S. Navy submarine. American submarines are powered by diesel...
Essex-class carrier underway on a strike mission, Pacific Ocean
Photograph. Planes crowd the deck of an Essex-class carrier underway on a strike mission. Official caption on front: "...
Exploding Japanese oil barge off the coast of New Ireland, New Guinea, 1943
Photograph, aerial. Japanese oil barge exploding in open water. Official caption on front: "Bull's eye on Jap oil barge...
Explosion aboard an unidentified patrol craft
Photograph. Explosion aboard an unidentified patrol craft taken from the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Hancock. Caption on...
Explosion on deck of Japanese cruiser in Rabaul Harbor, New Guinea, 1943
Photograph, aerial. Explosion on the deck of a Japanese cruiser. Official caption on front: "Japanese heavy cruiser...
Explosions at a factory from aerial bombs, 1945
Photograph, aerial. Low-angle photograph of factory. Explosions from aerial bombs visible. Location unknown. Circa 1945
Explosions hurl smoke and sea water high around two of the Japanese ships attacked by Commander Norman M. 'Bus' Miller, at Kwajalein in September 1944
403.Photograph. Consolidated PB4Y-1 Liberator. 'File No: 46576 September 21, 1944 Saga of Bus Miller--- Explosions hurl...
Exposed steel skeleton of a damaged factory, Japan
Photograph. Exposed steel skeleton of a damaged factory. Japan. 1945
F6F Hellcat taxing on an airstrip
Photograph Grumman F6F Hellcat taxing on an airstrip. Personal caption on reverse: "F6 taxiing 1945." Presumably...
Factory being blown up by American aerial bombardment on Formosa (Taiwan), 1945
Photograph, aerial. View of factory being blown up by American aerial bombardment. Official Caption: [damaged] "Rome, 7...
Fire on the deck of the USS Nevada off the coast of Okinawa, 1945
Photograph. Large Fire on the deck of the USS Nevada (BB-36) after a kamikaze attack; United States Navy sailors are...
Fireman standing in rubble of bombed building, Antwerp
Photograph. Fireman standing in rubble of building bombed by the British. Caption in French, repeated in Flemish: "...
Flaming Japanese airplane diving towards an American aircraft carrier, Philippine Sea
Photograph. Flaming Japanese airplane diving towards an American aircraft carrier; another carrier is in the foreground...
Flaming Japanese bomber falling through the sky off the coast of Kyushu, Japan, 1945
Photograph. Flaming Japanese bomber falling through the sky. Official caption on front: "Jap bomber misses U. S....
Formation of German Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter aircraft in sky, ETO, 1940
Photograph. Formation of German Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter aircraft in cloudy sky. Translation of official German...
Four images showing sequence of flak destroying an American B-24 bomber
Four images showing sequence of flak destroying an American B-24 bomber. "Sequence of four shots of one of our...
Four large U.S. carriers lie at anchor between strikes in January 1945
414. Photograph. 'File No: 291064 January 2, 1945 Flat-tops at anchor at an island base. Framed by the propeller of an...
French civilians looking into bombed building, Normandy, December 1941
Photograph. French civilians looking into building destroyed by fire by British bombers. Translated German caption on...
Front of a B-29
Photograph. Front of a Boeing B-29 Superfortress that is parked on an airstrip, engines are running. Personal caption...
German aircrafts in a field, Germany, 1945
Photograph. Field filled with downed German planes; some are damaged. Personal caption on front: 'ETO HQ-45-36136."...
German airplane wreckage
Photograph. The remains of a destroyed German Nazi aircraft. Europe. No date
German bomber flying low over the ocean, January 1942
Photograph. German bomber flying low over the ocean. Translation of official German caption on photo reverse: "Day...

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