U.S. National Archives photos from the 1940s
1,644 photos, in date order; 1,201–1,260 on this page. Photos taken by federal employees as part of their duties are US government works and not under copyright. About the collection
"WAAC Capt. Charity Adams of Columbia, NC, who was commissioned from the first officer candidate class, and the first of her group to receive a commission, drills her company on the drill ground at the first WAAC Training Center, Fort Des Moines, Iowa.", 05/1943
1943-05
F6F goes down deck for take-off of USS Lexington (CV-16)
1943-11
TBF's flying in formation. Fort Lauderdale, Fla
1943-01
Navy pilots waiting in the office of NATS at Miami, Florida for transportation to Trinidad, B.W.I.
1943-08
Enlisted personnel aboard USS Lexington (CV-16) in the Pacific. Swapping wise cracks during quiet moment aboard ship.
1943-11
Amphibian jeeps in operation at training camp in Camp Carson, Colorado.
1943-04-24
US ships under attack off Kwajalein 1943
1943-12-04
Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless of VMS-3 in flight over the Caribbean, circa in 1943 (80-G-K-14312)
1943–1944
Crashed German Messerschmitt Bf 109 in North Africa, circa in early 1943 (342-FH-3A28594-C23276AC)
1943
French Potez-54 "Flying Laboratory" at a 90th Photographic Reconnaissance Wing base somewhere in North Africa
1943-01-27
A U.S. army officer checks over maps with the pilot and crew of an Italian Bergamaschi "Ghibli," twin-engine light general purpose monoplane (shown in background) at an airfield at Palermo, Sicily. Taken before March 4, 1944.
1943 · map
Caudron C.445 F-BAGJ (serial 233) A Caudron Coeland, communication plane, used by the French Air Force in North Africa. Headquarters 12th Fighter Command. 27 January 1943
1943-01-27
A Bloch 175, Reconnaissance Bomber, used by the French Air Force in North Africa. Headquarters 12th Fighter Command. 27 January 1943
1943-01-27
U.S. bombers hit Japanese ships
1943-07-20
Wounded in Invasion of Sicily
1943-11-02
German FuMo.214 Würzburg-Riese fire control radar at Arromanches, France, 22 June 1944 (342-FH-3A17206-A72626AC)
1944-06-22
American assault troops of the 16th Infantry Regiment, injured while storming Omaha Beach, wait by the Chalk Cliffs for evacuation to a field hospital for further medical treatment. Collville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France.
1944-06-06
Second World War: Europe; "Into the Jaws of Death — U.S. Troops wading through water and Nazi gunfire”, circa 1944-06-06.
1944-06-06
Destroyed German FuMG.420 Freya radar at Pointe et Raz de la Percée, Calvados, France, 22 June 1944 (342-FH-3A17207-72632AC)
1944-06-22
German 8.8cm Pak 43 at Omaha Beach, Normandy, in June 1944 (26-G-2398)
1944-06
Normandy 1
1944-06-06
Landings on Omaha beach
1944-06-06
German turret at Omaha Beach
1944
D-day Normandy Nara 26-G-2343
1944-06-06
Crossed rifles in the sand are a comrade's tribute to this American soldier who sprang ashore from a landing barge and died at the barricades of Western Europe.
1944
Burning German Defenses on Omaha Beach
1944-06-08
American Troops in the World War II
1944-06-06
German FuMG.65 radar at Pointe et Raz de la Percée, Calvados, France, in 1944 (342-FH-3A15882-88644AC)
1944
Approaching Omaha
1944
WWII: Europe: France; "U.S> Troops land at Normandy"
1944-06-06
American Assault Troops of the 16th Infantry Regiment, Injured While Storming Omaha Beach, Wait by the Chalk Cliffs for Evacuation to a Field Hospital for Further Medical Treatment, Collville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France
1944-06-06
Sketch of Omaha-Dog-White, Exit Path of First Troops, 0855 Hours
1944-06-06 · drawing
Ammunition Dump in France
1944-07-08
Sunday Mass on Omaha Beach
1944-06-23
Five Soldiers of the 413th AAA Gun Battalion Near Omaha Beach
1944-06-12
Drawing of the D-Day Dress, Platoon Leader
1944 · drawing
Omaha Beach from a Gun Emplacement
1944-09-03
Illustrated Map of the 29th Infantry Division
1944 · map
Broken Pier and Ramp at Omaha Beach
1944-06-21
Initial Beachead, Sketch C
1944 · map
Photograph of Members of the 103rd Medical Battalion, 28th Division, Practicing Cliff Climbing
1944-03-14
Photograph of General Dwight D. Eisenhower Giving the Order of the Day
1944-06-05
Photograph of Bomb Damage in Bastogne, Belgium
1944-12-26
Photograph of Tanks and Infantrymen Moving into Bonneville, France
1944-08-23
Photograph of Infantrymen Moving into the Town of Percy, France
1944-08-02
Photograph of Walnut Lots in a Yard at the Dubuque Company
1944
Photograph of Members of the 101st Airborne Division as they Walk Past Dead Comrades
1944-12-25
Photograph of Clerks of the 28th Infantry Division
1944-12-09
Photograph of Infantrymen Crossing a Belgian Farm near the Town of Habay-LA-Neuve
1944-09-12
Photograph of an American Ambulance Waiting outside of a Bombed Building in Bastogne, Belgium
1944-12-26
Photograph of American Infantrymen Racing across an Open Field to Reach a German Pillbox
1944-10-09
Photograph of the Flag-Draped Body of Major Thomas D. Howie on the Rubble of the St. Lo Cathedral
1944
Photograph of Infantrymen Passing through Witte, Luxemburg
1944-09-10
Photograph of Jeeps of the American 28th Infantry Division Moving Down the Champs Elysees in Paris, France
1944-08-29
Photograph of Infantrymen in Bastogne, Belgium
1944-12-19
Photograph of an Infantryman Going Out on a One-Man Sortie
1944-12-24
Photograph of Signs Left behind by U.S. Troops Occupying the Belgian Town of Malmedy before it was Retaken by Germans
1944-12-28
Photograph of Private First Class Margerum Walking through a Forest in Belgium
1944-12-27
Photograph of Members of the 101st Airborne Division as they Move out of Bastogne, Belgium
1944-12-29
Photograph of Major General Norman Cota Greeting General George C. Marshall
1944-10-22