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Stern of USS West Virginia

Date: 12 07 1941
Description: Sailors clear the stern of the battleship USS West Virginia in berth F-6 at Pearl Harbor, most likely after it was hit by at least a few of the 7 to...
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USS Shaw Exploding

Date: 12 07 1941
Description: The forward magazines of the USS Shaw exploding after a Japanese bomb set the fore aflame as it sat in dock at Pearl Harbor. The midships and stern ...
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Capsized USS Oklahoma

Date: 12 07 1941
Description: Capsized USS Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor. The Oklahoma was hit with a large number of Japanese aerial torpedoes which ripped an opening across ...
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USS Nevada and USS Shaw

Date: 12 07 1941
Description: The USS Nevada in berth at Pearl Harbor with the USS Shaw burning in the background after its forward deck was hit with a Japanese bomb.
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Ruins of the USS Cassin and USS Downes

Date: 12 07 1941
Description: The remains of the USS Cassin and the USS Downes floating in front of the USS Pennsylvania in dock at Pearl Harbor. On the left is th...
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Rescuing the USS West Virginia

Date: 12 07 1941
Description: Sailors in a motor launch attempt a rescue of survivors from the water alongside the sunken battleship USS West Virginia during or shortly after the...
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Japanese Prisoners at Iwo Jima

Date: 1945
Description: Three Japanese prisoners from the battle of Iwo Jima stand amongst American soldiers on a boat.
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Iwo Jima on D-Day

Date: 02 19 1945
Description: Marines on the beach and military boats, including an LSM 242, in the water at Iwo Jima.
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Marines on Iwo Jima

Date: 1945
Description: Elevated view of marines Private Richard Klatt, of North Fond du Lac, Wisconsin (left), and Private First Class Wilfred Voegeli, as they set fire to brush ...
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American Warship

Date: 12 26 1943
Description: Elevated view from aboard ship looking down on a soldier in a turret operating a range finder. These warships were participating in the heavy bombardment o...
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Navigation Instruments on an American Warship

Date: 12 26 1943
Description: Navigation instruments on an American cruiser were checked by Lieutenant Commander Leonard Meyer of Appleton. Three other crew members are nearby. The crui...
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Warships Near Cape Gloucester

Date: 12 26 1943
Description: Elevated view looking down towards deck of an American cruiser leaving the base heading for the bombardment of Cape Gloucester, New Britain, New Guinea (pr...
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Plane Spotters Burg and Dawson

Date: 12 26 1943
Description: Seaman 2nd Class Jerry Burg (left) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Seaman 2nd Class Harold Dawson of Toledo, Ohio, man the plane spotting station on an Americ...
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Trucks and Jeeps at Saidor Landing

Date: 01 02 1944
Description: At 8:30 am, military vehicles pour off of the LST (Landing Ship, Tank) and along the beach at Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). Doyle's ca...
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Soldiers Pushing Jeep

Date: 01 02 1944
Description: Soldiers push a jeep that is stuck on the rocky beach at the Saidor landing. The open front of the LST (Landing Ship, Tank) is on the left. Another LST can...
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The Bombing of Cezembre Island

Date: 08 31 1944
Description: View from shoreline of Cezembre Island, just north of Saint-Malo on the north coast of France. It was German-occupied until the Allies mounted an operation...
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The Bombing of Cezembre Island

Date: 08 31 1944
Description: Smoke rising from Cezembre Island, just north of Saint-Malo on the north coast of France. The island, which took a tremendous shelling, can barely be seen ...
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Attack On Brest

Date: 09 08 1944
Description: View of the attack on Brest, France, an important Channel port, from German forces on Hill 105. Eventually, after a fierce defense, the Germans surrendered...
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Soldiers with Jeep View Smoke from Brest

Date: 09 08 1944
Description: View of distant smoke from the battle surrounding Brest, France. In the foreground, soldiers are parked in a large field with an air support radio jeep. Th...
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Two Consolidated B-24 Liberator Warplanes

Date: 10 13 1943
Description: Aerial view of two Consolidated B-24 Liberator warplanes taken from another airplane during the Alexishafen strike. On the left is Colonel Arthur Rogers' l...

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