Category:May 1945 photographs

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This category has the following 52 subcategories, out of 52 total.

Media in category "May 1945 photographs"

The following 131 files are in this category, out of 131 total.

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  "... troops in Burma stop work briefly to read President Truman's Proclamation of Victory in Europe." - NARA - 531341.jpg 3,000 × 2,914; 1.46 MB
  
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  "... troops in Burma stop work briefly to read President Truman's Proclamation of Victory in Europe." - NARA - 531341.tif 3,000 × 2,914; 8.34 MB
  
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  "... troops in Burma stop work briefly to read President Truman's Proclamation of Victory in Europe.", 05-09-1945 - NARA - 531341.tif 2,925 × 2,856; 7.99 MB
  
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  "E. Perry, Seaman 1-c, is splicing steel cable... This is a highly specialized naval activity. Some of the most construc - NARA - 535850.jpg 3,000 × 2,452; 1.33 MB
  
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  "E. Perry, Seaman 1-c, is splicing steel cable... This is a highly specialized naval activity. Some of the most construc - NARA - 535850.tif 3,000 × 2,452; 7.02 MB
  
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  "Leading petty officers of one of the Navy's new Logistics Support Companies... This company is undergoing combat traini - NARA - 535537.jpg 3,000 × 2,423; 1.67 MB
  
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  "Leading petty officers of one of the Navy's new Logistics Support Companies... This company is undergoing combat traini - NARA - 535537.tif 3,000 × 2,423; 6.93 MB
  
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  "Negro `doughfoots' of the 92nd Infantry (`Buffalo') Division pursue the retreating Germans through the Po Valley. Germa - NARA - 535550.jpg 2,426 × 3,000; 1.84 MB
  
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  "Negro `doughfoots' of the 92nd Infantry (`Buffalo') Division pursue the retreating Germans through the Po Valley. Germa - NARA - 535550.tif 2,426 × 3,000; 6.94 MB
  
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  "The first Negro WACs to arrive (on) the continent of Europe were 800 girls of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Bn, w - NARA - 531333.jpg 3,000 × 2,504; 1.27 MB
  
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  "The first Negro WACs to arrive (on) the continent of Europe were 800 girls of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Bn, w - NARA - 531333.tif 3,000 × 2,504; 7.16 MB
  
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  "The first Negro WACs to arrive -on- the continent of Europe were 800 girls of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Bn, who had also been the first to arrive in England. After the battalion had set up its facilities(...) - NARA - 531333.gif 600 × 501; 98 KB
  
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  (Aerial photograph shot at 7000 feet altitude, showing one unidentified CVL type carrier in docks along with several... - NARA - 296816.tif 3,000 × 2,936; 8.4 MB
  
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  (Top) - German officers sign unconditional surrender in Reims, France. (Bottom) - Allied force leaders at the signing. - NARA - 195337.tif 2,444 × 3,000; 6.99 MB
  
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  -... troops in Burma stop work briefly to read President Truman's Proclamation of Victory in Europe.-, 05-09-1945 - NARA - 531341.jpg 2,925 × 2,856; 3.41 MB
  
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  10691Linz-May1945.jpg 1,282 × 995; 736 KB
  
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  606-1-10 digitaltmuseum.se-021016596153-norge-fritt-den-7-maj-1945 Dan Gunner Värmlands Museum Bildarkiv Public domain.jpg 2,945 × 3,000; 4.39 MB
  
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  606-1-3 digitaltmuseum.se-021016596156-norge-fritt-den-7-maj-1945 Dan Gunner Värmlands Museum Bildarkiv Public domain.jpg 2,858 × 3,000; 4.22 MB
  
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  606-1-6 digitaltmuseum.se-021016596185-norge-fritt-den-7-maj-1945 Dan Gunner Värmlands Museum Bildarkiv Public domain.jpg 2,865 × 3,000; 3.56 MB
  
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  606-1-9 digitaltmuseum.se-021016596198-norge-fritt-den-7-maj-1945 Dan Gunner Värmlands Museum Bildarkiv Public domain.jpg 2,806 × 3,000; 3.77 MB
  
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  A demolition crew from the 6th Marine Division watch dynamite charges explode and destroy a Japanese cave. Okinawa... - NARA - 532557.tif 3,000 × 2,385; 6.82 MB
  
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  A Marine observation plane flies low over Naha, capital of Okinawa. On this flight, the tiny ship drew small arms and... - NARA - 532379.tif 3,000 × 2,426; 6.94 MB
  
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  A small crowd in the White House, their hats and coats piled on a table, gathered for the occasion of the announcment... - NARA - 199080.jpg 3,000 × 2,400; 1.54 MB
  
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  A tank sunk in 5 feet of water waits for towing equipment HD-SN-99-02893.jpg 2,277 × 2,769; 966 KB
  
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  A tank sunk in 5 feet of water waits for towing equipment. The Tank Commander gives vent to his feelings with a... - NARA - 531305.tif 2,451 × 3,000; 7.01 MB
  
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  African-americans-wwii-019.jpg 1,524 × 1,008; 259 KB
  
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  Anna Marengo a Vercelli 1 maggio 1945.jpg 1,333 × 882; 719 KB
  
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  At the German concentration camp at Wobbelin, many inmates were found by the U.S. Ninth Army in pitiful condition.... - NARA - 531292.tif 3,000 × 2,389; 6.84 MB
  
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  Bombing campaign. Southeast Asia & the Pacific - NARA - 292592.jpg 3,000 × 2,061; 1.49 MB
  
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  Bombing campaign. Southeast Asia & the Pacific - NARA - 292592.tif 3,000 × 2,061; 5.9 MB
  
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  Central Railway Station, Yangon, Myanmar.jpg 3,000 × 2,017; 1.22 MB
  
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  Channel Islands Liberated- the End of German Occupation, Channel Islands, UK, 1945 D24601.jpg 800 × 588; 50 KB
  
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  Chikunan bombardment 1945-05-17.jpg 1,652 × 1,280; 359 KB
  
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  Colonal General Alfred Jodl, Chief of Staff under the Doenitz Regime, signs the document of unconditional surrender.... - NARA - 195338.tif 3,000 × 2,412; 6.9 MB
  
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  Copenhagen, May 1945 (8631541764).jpg 1,024 × 687; 159 KB
  
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  Crewmen transferring a torpedo from a submarine tender to a submarine about to leave on war patrol. - NARA - 520831.jpg 2,700 × 2,700; 2.36 MB
  
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  Crewmen transferring a torpedo from a submarine tender to a submarine about to leave on war patrol. - NARA - 520831.tif 2,700 × 2,700; 6.96 MB
  
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  Crowds of people gathered ouside the General Assurance Corporation building in St Peter Port, Guernsey to welcome the British Task Force sent to liberate the island from German occupation, 10 May 1945. D24590.jpg 2,354 × 1,772; 1.14 MB
  
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  Devastated downtown Manila with a 'calesa' (popular form of transportation in Philippines) in foreground. - NARA - 520953.jpg 3,000 × 2,369; 2.32 MB
  
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  Devastated downtown Manila with a 'calesa' (popular form of transportation in Philippines) in foreground. - NARA - 520953.tiff 3,000 × 2,369; 6.78 MB
  
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  Dornberger-Axter-von Braun HD-SN-99-02953-original.JPEG 2,048 × 3,072; 1.7 MB
  
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  EiSenhower guisselin Shneiter Saint-Sauveur salle mairie 5623.jpg 3,449 × 2,491; 877 KB
  
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  Female members of the Wehrmacht are among the inmates of the Third U.S. Army prisoner of war enclosure at Regansburg... - NARA - 531285 (cropped).tif 1,765 × 1,211; 2.04 MB
  
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  Filipino children make friends with two Naval officers in downtown Manila, hoping for a gift in return. - NARA - 520951.jpg 2,700 × 2,700; 1.73 MB
  
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  Filipino children make friends with two Naval officers in downtown Manila, hoping for a gift in return. - NARA - 520951.tif 2,700 × 2,700; 6.95 MB
  
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  General view to show heavy cuts involved in the work. Material consists of clay, loam and rock. No rock yet required... - NARA - 298229.jpg 3,000 × 1,772; 1.12 MB
  
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  General view to show heavy cuts involved in the work. Material consists of clay, loam and rock. No rock yet required... - NARA - 298229.tif 3,000 × 1,772; 5.07 MB
  
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  Gero von Schulze-Gaevernitz (1945).jpg 216 × 288; 13 KB
  
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  Gero von Schulze-Gaevernitz visits German headquarters in Bolzano.jpg 1,295 × 1,037; 323 KB
  
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  Hans Röttiger (1945).jpg 173 × 230; 10 KB
  
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  Harold Ickes, Henry A. Wallace, and other men standing in front of the White House during ceremonies marking the... - NARA - 199092.jpg 3,000 × 2,404; 1.29 MB
  
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  Harold Ickes, Henry A. Wallace, and other men standing in front of the White House during ceremonies marking the... - NARA - 199092.tif 3,000 × 2,404; 6.88 MB
  
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  Harold Ickes, Henry A. Wallace, and two other men standing in front of the White House during ceremonies marking the... - NARA - 199087.jpg 3,000 × 2,404; 1.45 MB
  
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  Harold Ickes, Henry A. Wallace, and two other men standing in front of the White House during ceremonies marking the... - NARA - 199087.tif 3,000 × 2,404; 6.88 MB
  
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  Harold L. Ickes, Henry A. Wallace and three other men standing in front of the White House during ceremonies... - NARA - 199082.jpg 3,000 × 2,413; 1.42 MB
  
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  Harold L. Ickes, Henry A. Wallace and three other men standing in front of the White House during ceremonies... - NARA - 199082.tif 3,000 × 2,413; 6.9 MB
  
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  HitlerSaluteScheveningen1945.jpg 2,891 × 2,869; 1.34 MB
  
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  Infra red view of wrecked Japanese plane near Angeles, Pampanga, on Luzon, Philippine Islands In the background is... - NARA - 531307.tif 3,000 × 2,428; 6.95 MB
  
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  Installing a bearing ring on a 5" gun aboard a submarine at an advanced base HD-SN-99-02494.jpg 3,000 × 2,989; 1.33 MB
  
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  Installing a bearing ring on a 5" inch gun aboard a submarine at an advanced base. - NARA - 520837.tif 2,961 × 3,000; 8.47 MB
  
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  James Dalton funeral.jpg 1,000 × 764; 219 KB
  
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  Jap soldiers climb out of rocks and bushes of Kerama-retto and into water to give themselves up to crew of picket boat. - NARA - 520957.jpg 3,000 × 2,178; 2.27 MB
  
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  Jap soldiers climb out of rocks and bushes of Kerama-retto and into water to give themselves up to crew of picket boat. - NARA - 520957.tif 3,000 × 2,178; 6.23 MB
  
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  Jap soldiers who gave themselves up at Kerama-retto - NARA - 520958.jpg 3,000 × 2,166; 1.78 MB
  
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  Jap soldiers who gave themselves up at Kerama-retto - NARA - 520958.tif 3,000 × 2,166; 6.2 MB
  
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  Japanese POW being led off a submarine.jpg 2,419 × 2,419; 3.37 MB
  
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  Jozef-Szajna--w-srodku (cropped).jpg 240 × 240; 8 KB
  
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  Jozef-Szajna--w-srodku.jpg 960 × 648; 66 KB
  
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  Kvinde med påmalet Dannebrogsflag i dagene efter befrielsen d. 5. maj 1945 (7392538008).jpg 2,743 × 3,373; 1.43 MB
  
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  La-riche-food-store-channel-store-RG-208-AA-158-I-002.jpg 7,616 × 5,480; 20.95 MB
  
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  Lieutenant Colonel Woran, Chaplain of the 10th Mountain Division, leads a group of men in prayer at Torboli the day following the unconditional surrender of all German troops in Italy. - NARA - 531282.gif 600 × 500; 136 KB
  
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  Lieutenant Colonel Woran, Chaplain of the 10th Mountain Division, leads a group of men in prayer at Torboli the day... - NARA - 531282.tif 3,000 × 2,500; 7.15 MB
  
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  Maczków - polska enklawa w okupowanych Niemczech.png 779 × 519; 328 KB
  
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  Marines unloading Japanese POW from a submarine returned from a war patrol. - NARA - 520838.jpg 2,700 × 2,700; 1.78 MB
  
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  Marines unloading Japanese POW from a submarine returned from a war patrol. - NARA - 520838.tif 2,700 × 2,700; 6.95 MB
  
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  Members of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion take part in a parade ceremony in honor of Joan d'Arc at the marketplace where she was burned at the stake.tif 3,000 × 2,350; 6.72 MB
  
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  On board the USS SANDLANCE on war patrol HD-SN-99-02595.jpg 2,048 × 2,416; 1,021 KB
  
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  People's Commissariat of Defense of the USSR (24905913540).jpg 777 × 910; 530 KB
  
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  Photograph of a Rembrant Painting - NARA - 5757195.jpg 2,929 × 2,400; 574 KB
  
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  Photograph of American Women Replacing Men Fighting in Europe - NARA - 535769.tif 3,000 × 2,119; 6.06 MB
  
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  Photograph of Furrow Made by Wescoatt Plow in Heavy Silt Loam Soil - NARA - 2129626.jpg 708 × 1,250; 619 KB
  
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  Photograph of Furrow Made by Wescoatt Plow in Heavy Silt Loam Soil - NARA - 2129626.tif 708 × 1,250; 869 KB
  
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  Photograph of Major General Hugh J. Gaffey Addressing Heads of Regional German Governments and Army Technical Staff - NARA - 6928013.jpg 3,914 × 3,200; 1.23 MB
  
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  Photograph of Private First Class Desmond T. Doss - NARA - 593452.gif 459 × 600; 64 KB
  
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  Photograph of the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg Files - NARA - 5757193.jpg 2,949 × 2,400; 893 KB
  
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  Photograph of the Rubens Painting "The Graces in the Gardens of the Hesperides" - NARA - 5757196.jpg 2,921 × 2,400; 969 KB
  
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  Photograph of the USS Sandlance on War Patrol - NARA - 520833.tif 3,000 × 2,931; 8.39 MB
  
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  Photograph of Wedding Rings Removed by the Germans from Holocaust Victims - NARA - 531294.tif 3,000 × 2,406; 6.88 MB
  
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  Photograph of Wescoatt Plow in Position for Furrowing - NARA - 2129627.jpg 1,254 × 711; 481 KB
  
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  Photograph of Wescoatt Plow in Position for Furrowing - NARA - 2129627.tif 1,254 × 711; 874 KB
  
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  Point Wilson, looking east, May 1945 - NARA - 298217.jpg 3,000 × 2,362; 3.64 MB
  
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  Point Wilson, looking east, May 1945 - NARA - 298217.tif 3,000 × 2,362; 6.76 MB
  
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  Point Wilson, looking east, May 1945, ca. 1943 - ca. 1953 - NARA - 298217.jpg 3,000 × 2,362; 1.48 MB
  
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  Polacy w Haren rewidują Niemców.jpg 741 × 417; 60 KB
  
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  Pressure bandaged after they suffered burns when their ship was hit by a kamikaze attack, men are fed aboard the USS... - NARA - 520693.jpg 2,700 × 2,700; 820 KB
  
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  Pressure bandaged after they suffered burns when their ship was hit by a kamikaze attack, men are fed aboard the USS... - NARA - 520693.tif 2,700 × 2,700; 6.95 MB
  
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  Prisoner's barracks dachau.jpg 1,400 × 907; 660 KB
  
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  Pvt. J.B. Slagle, USA, receives his daily dressing of wounds on board USS Solace (AH-5) enroute from Okinawa to Guam. - NARA - 520747.jpg 2,700 × 2,700; 2.03 MB
  
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  Pvt. J.B. Slagle, USA, receives his daily dressing of wounds on board USS Solace (AH-5) enroute from Okinawa to Guam. - NARA - 520747.tif 2,700 × 2,700; 6.95 MB
  
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  Rangoon Railway station, Rangoon, Burma. Repair Shed, 10 feet in height at West end. - NARA - 540058.tif 3,000 × 2,067; 5.91 MB
  
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  RG-208-AA-158-I-002.tif 7,616 × 5,480; 82.46 MB
  
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  RG-208-AA-158-I-003.tif 7,616 × 5,323; 78.37 MB
  
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  RingsWWII.jpg 2,916 × 2,314; 2.76 MB
  
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  Rsjhnson.jpg 800 × 533; 64 KB
  
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  Russian slave laborer among prisoners liberated by 3rd Armored Division points out former Nazi guard who brutally... - NARA - 531262.tif 3,000 × 2,330; 6.67 MB
  
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  Sailor at work in the electric engine control room of USS BATFISH on war patrol. - NARA - 520856.tif 2,950 × 3,000; 8.44 MB
  
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  Sailor on liberty in Manila at fruitstand - NARA - 520954.jpg 2,700 × 2,700; 1.95 MB
  
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  Soup-bathtub-guernsey-islandsRG-208-AA-158-I-003.jpg 7,616 × 5,323; 19.57 MB
  
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  The remains of a Japanese Kamikaze aircraft that crashed on board HMS FORMIDABLEoff the Sakishima Islands, May 1945. ABS227.jpg 800 × 603; 99 KB
  
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  The war over, German soldiers here are crossing a pontoon bridge from Branau, Austria to Simbach, Germany. Soldiers of 245th Engineers who made the bridge watch the trucks go by. - NARA - 531286.gif 465 × 600; 101 KB
  
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  The war over, German soldiers here are crossing a pontoon bridge from Branau, Austria to Simbach, Germany. Soldiers... - NARA - 531286.tif 2,326 × 3,000; 6.66 MB
  
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  These markers are for the graves of 80 victims of the Nazis found in Ludwigslust. The entire population of Schwerin, Germany, was ordered by the Military Government to attend funeral rites conducted by U.S. Army ch(...) - NARA - 531295.gif 600 × 486; 80 KB
  
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  These markers are for the graves of 80 victims of the Nazis found in Ludwigslust. The entire population of Schwerin... - NARA - 531295.tif 3,000 × 2,430; 6.95 MB
  
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  These Yank airmen beam broadly as they look out from their bomber, following their arrival at Bradley Field, Windsor... - NARA - 535525.tif 3,000 × 2,364; 6.76 MB
  
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  Torpedomen relaxing beneath rows of deadly torpedoes in torpedo shop. - NARA - 520832.tif 2,414 × 3,000; 6.91 MB
  
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  Transfer of wounded from USS BUNKER HILL to USS WILKES BARRE, who were injured during fire aboard carrier following a... - NARA - 520682.tif 3,000 × 2,394; 6.85 MB
  
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  USS BUNKER HILL burning after a Japanese suicide attack. Near Okinawa, May 11, 1945. - NARA - 520657.tif 2,397 × 3,000; 6.86 MB
  
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  USS BUNKER HILL hit by two Kamikazes in 30 seconds on 11 May 1945 off Kyushu. Dead-372. Wounded-264., 1943 - 1958 - NARA - 520678.tif 2,964 × 2,340; 6.64 MB
  
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  USS SEA DOG prowls the Pacific in search of enemy shipping HD-SN-99-02596.jpg 2,048 × 2,328; 746 KB
  
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  USS SEA DOG prowls the Pacific in search of enemy shipping. - NARA - 520830.tif 3,000 × 2,934; 8.39 MB
  
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  View from top of "down" road with fill area in background, drainage, ditch, etc. End of grade, hydraulic fill, in... - NARA - 298228.jpg 3,000 × 1,758; 755 KB
  
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  View from top of "down" road with fill area in background, drainage, ditch, etc. End of grade, hydraulic fill, in... - NARA - 298228.tif 3,000 × 1,758; 5.03 MB
  
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  View of two airplanes and speakers platform during the christening ceremony for the airplanes, Bess Truman performed... - NARA - 199099.tif 3,000 × 2,400; 6.87 MB
  
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  View shows method of excavating high cuts. Cutting at top done by D8 cat. with rooter and bulldozer attachments.... - NARA - 298230.jpg 3,000 × 1,769; 1.13 MB
  
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  View shows method of excavating high cuts. Cutting at top done by D8 cat. with rooter and bulldozer attachments.... - NARA - 298230.tif 3,000 × 1,769; 5.06 MB
  
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  Voedseltransporten van Wageningen naar West-Nederland kort voor de capitulatie , Bestanddeelnr 900-2765.jpg 2,873 × 2,779; 1.11 MB
  
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  Weingut I 1945 external view.jpg 456 × 311; 17 KB
  
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  Weingut I 1945 internal view.jpg 399 × 309; 19 KB
  
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  Wilhelm Oxenius on 7 May 1945.jpg 350 × 429; 63 KB
  
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  Wobbelin Concentration Camp, recently captured by troops of the 82nd Airborne Division. Many prisoners were found... - NARA - 531291.tif 2,403 × 3,000; 6.88 MB
  
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  WW2 German Navy U-boat submarines (Kriegsmarine Unterseeboote U-boote) etc contemporary photo U-BOAT SURRENDER.jpg 4,004 × 3,136; 1.67 MB