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17th Armored Engineer Battalion with mounted tanks
Photograph. Serviceman in the 17th Armored Engineer Battalion posing with M4 Sherman tanks mounted with a large bars...
1st Cavalry M4 tank explodes and burns after hitting Japanese mine near Manila on 9 March 1945
"1st Cav M4 tank explodes and burns after hitting Jap min near Manila." 9 March 1945
32nd Division soldier inspects an enemy tank on Luzon in the Philippines in 1945
32nd Infantry Division soldier inspects an enemy tank on Luzon in the Philippines in 1945 "32nd Div soldier inspects...
422nd Infantry Regiment waiting word to advance as M-4 tanks move in on enemy positions during a demonstration given at Camp Atterbury, Indiana on 11 August 1944
1994. '11 Aug 44. Barry. Troops of the 2nd Bn. 422 Inf. Regt. waiting word to advance as M-4 tanks move in on enemy...
A Japanese light tank hit by an air strike at Tuguegarao in the Philippines in 1945
Photograph. Captured US M3 Stuart used by the Japanese. Official caption, "Jap [Japanese] light tank hit by air strike...
A M4 Sherman tank moves towards a jungle of palm trees and smoke on Kwajalein Atoll, 1944
Rear view of a M4 Sherman tank moving towards a jungle of palm trees and a pillar of smoke. "Rolling into Kwajalein."...
A medium tank moves up into position for attack at Camp Atterbury, Indiana on 7 September 1944
2098. '7 Sept. 44 Kilian. M-4-A3 Medium tank of the 772nd Tank Bn move to attack fortified position with 423rd Inf Regt...
A platoon of M-4 tanks line up to demonstrate their fire-power during a combined Infantry-Artillery-Tank demonstration given at Camp Atterbury, Indiana on 11 August 1944
1976. '11 Aug 44. Barry. A platoon of M-4 tanks line up to demonstrate their fire-power during an Artillery-Infantry-...
A platoon of M-4 tanks open up with their 75mm guns for a demonstration of their fire-power during at Camp Atterbury, Indiana on 11 August 1944
1978. '11 Aug 44. Barry. A platoon of M-4 tanks open up with their 75mm guns for a demonstration of their fire-power...
A rocket launcher in action against a dummy enemy tank during a demonstration given at Camp Atterbury, Indiana on 11 August 1944
2017. '11 August 44. Kilian. Rocket launcher in action against a dummy enemy tank during the demonstration of fire...
A tank battalion leads an advance on Baguio in the Philippines on 23 April 1945
"775th Tank Bn[Battalion], 37th [Infantry Division] Div, leads advance on Baguio." 23 April 1945
A tank Battalion of the 106th Infantry Division during a demonstration given at Camp Atterbury, Indiana on 11 August 1944
2016. '11 August 44. Kilian. M-4 medium tanks in line at the demonstration of the fire power of a platoon of tanks in...
A tank column stops near Manila City Hall in the Philippines in 1945
"Tank column stops near Manila city hall." [1945]
A tank destroyer crew goes into action with their 3' anti-tank gun of a combined Infantry-Artillery-Tank demonstration given at Camp Atterbury, Indiana on 11 August 1944
1975. '11 Aug 44. Barry. A tank destroyer crew goes into action with their 3' anti-tank gun. As members of the 822nd...
A view taken from inside a tank of a soldier aiming or firing a .50 cal machine gun mounted on the tank during training at Fort Benning, Georgia in 1942
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. A view taken from inside a tank of a soldier aiming or firing a .50 cal machine...
Aerial view of the Siegfried Line in Germany in September 1944
Aerial view of the Siegfried Line. "ETO-HQ-44-16265. Moran. 30 Sept. Signal corps photo. Part of the "dragon's teeth"...
Agile on land, the LVT tank [Landing vehicle, tracked] is doubly formidable through its outstanding features of being able to travel on water, March 1944
278.Photograph. LVT [Landing vehicle, tracked]. 'File No. OOR-44970 March 9, 1944 New 'Water Buffalo' joins the 'Fleet...
American soldiers inspecting a knocked out German tank in Italy in July 1944
264.Photograph. American soldiers inspecting a knocked out German Panzerkampfwagen IV tank. '18 July 44. MM-5-44-7569....
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...
American tanks firing at night in France in January 1945
American tanks firing at night. "ETO-HQ-45-10602. Kohl. 26 Jan. Signal corps photo. M10 tank destroyers, serving as...
American tanks in a village
Photograph. American tanks parked in a European village; civilians examin the tanks; a metal griffin crest hangs in the...
American tanks in a village
Photograph. American tanks parked in a European village; civilians examin the tanks; a metal griffin crest hangs in the...
American tanks on their way towards besieged Bastogne
American tanks on their way towards besieged Bastogne. "ETO-HQ-44-31310. Gilbert. 27 Dec. Signal corps photo. Armored...
An LVT pushes an LCVP off a shore at Guadalcanal in the 1940s
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. An LVT (Landing Vehicle, Tracked) pushes an LCVP off a shore. "Alligator (...
An M-4 tank rolls to the attack in the first phase of a combined Infantry-Artillery-Tank demonstration given at Camp Atterbury, Indiana on 11 August 1944
1974. '11 Aug 44. Barry. Rolling through a smoke screen provided by nature, an M-4 tank rolls to the attack in the 1st...
An M-4 tank throws up a smoke screen of dust as it rolls into action during a demonstration given at Camp Atterbury, Indiana on 11 August 1944
1998. '11 Aug 44. Barry. An M-4 tank throws up a smoke screen of dust as it rolls into action during an Infantry-Tank-...
An M-4 tank throws up a smoke screen of dust as it rolls into action during a demonstration given at Camp Atterbury, Indiana on 11 August 1944
1999. '11 August 44. Barry. An M-4 'General Sherman' tank throws up a smoke screen of dust as it rolls into action...
An M-5 light tank fires its 37mm cannon during a demonstration given at Camp Atterbury, Indiana on 11 August 1944
2022. '11 August 44. Kilian. M-5 light tank fires its 37mm cannon in a demonstration of its fire power during an...
Armored vehicles in an open field in Europe in August 1944
Armored vehicles in an open field. "ETO-HQ-44-12034. Sullivan. 20 Aug. Signal corps photo. Armored vehicles form on a...
Building held by Japanese under shelling from Sherman tanks in Manila in the Philippines on 20 February 1945
"Building held by Japs under shelling from Sherman tanks."20 February 1945
Burst of 105mm Howitzer shells dot the sky during a demonstration given at Camp Atterbury, Indiana on 11 August 1944
2011. '11 Aug 44. Barry. Burst of 105mm Howitzer shells dot the sky as M-4 medium tanks move across the fields in...
Camouflaged tank in France in July 1944
Camouflaged tank in France. "ETO-HQ-44-9206. Tampone. 31 July. Signal corps photo. Armored vehicles pass through the...
Detachable pontoon for amphibious tank in the Philippines in 1945
"Detachable pontoon for amphibious tank." [1945]

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