U.S. National Archives photos from the 1940s

Discharged Japanese soldiers crowd trains as they take advantage of free transportation to their homes after end of World War II in Hiroshima, Japan.

"Lt. Gen. Joseph T. McNarney, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean Theater, inspects Honor Guard of MPs during his tour of the Fifth Army front at the 92nd Division Sector."

"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 at Rouen, France, it held an `open house', which was attended by hundreds of Negro so

"War Correspondent Ted Stanford of The Pittsburgh Courier, a weekly, interviews 1st Sgt. Morris O. Harris,.a tankman of the 784th Tank Battalion operating with the Ninth Army."

Vaycheslav Molotov, Anthony Eden, and Secretary of State Stettinius with the combined foreign office staffs. Usupousky Palace, Koreis, Crimea.

Officers on Mogmog Island. Pilots on liberty at the bar

Filipino children make friends with two Naval officers in downtown Manila, hoping for a gift in return.

Japanese civilians pose for Navy cameramen at close of World War II.

Filipinos with their 'bancas' loaded with wares, paddle out to anchored destroyer to trade with crew.

Children aboard the SS Jean Lafitte, bound for the States with internees freed from a Japanese internment camp in the Philippines, gather around Pendleton (Bumblebee) Thompson. Thompson volunteered as cook in the camp where they were interned

"Iwo Jima.Negro Marines on the beach at Iwo Jima are, from left to right, Pfcs. Willie J. Kanody, Elif Hill, and John Alexander.", 03/1945

Navy photographer on Iwo Jima, Capt. Ed. J. Steichen, head of the Navy's combat photography and director of the Naval Photographic Institute. Capt. Steichen and Corp. Wm. Damato.

"M. D. Shore, S1/c, operating a forklift truck at the Navy supply depot at Guam, Marianas."

"34th CBs working on purification of their water supply at Solomon Islands."

Mountain-climbing U.S. medium tanks, manned by Chinese and American crows, use the Burma Road for the first time after the combined Allied offensive had broken the two-year Japanese control of the only overland supply route to China.

Troops of the United States 7th Armored Division advance along a road towards St. Vith in Belgium, retaken in the final liquidation of the Battle of the Belgian Bulge.

"Genoa, Italy. In this newly liberated city the 92nd Division troops enter the Galleria Guiseppe sic Garibaldi."

"1909th Engineers Aviation Battalion (Negro) aboard LST 683."

2nd from left: Vishinsky, 4th from left: Harriman, 5th from left: Molotov, 6th from left: Eden, 7th from left: Stettinius, 8th from left: Cadogan, and on right: Alger Hiss

"Pfc. Luther Woodward., a member of the Fourth Ammunition Company, admires the Bronze Star awarded to him for `his bravery, initiative and battle-cunning.'.", 04/17/1945

"Two Negro duck DUKW drivers turn riflemen after their vehicle is destroyed.", 02/19/1945

"Hospital Apprentices second class Ruth C. Isaacs, Katherine Horton and Inez Patterson (left to right) are the first Negro WAVES to enter the Hospital Corps School at National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD.", 03/02/1945

"Lester Granger, while inspecting facilities for Negro personnel at NAS, San Diego, CA, stops to chat with Rofes Herring, S1/c; Walter Calvert, S2/c; and Nollie H. Million, civilian employe e, as Lt. Roper (left) stands by.", 06/20/1945

Sixth (?) Fleet during invasion of Iwo Jima

Jap soldiers who gave themselves up at Kerama-retto

"Charlie Dunston, S1/c, amputee case at the Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, PA."

Children aboard the SS Jean Lafitte, bound for the States with internees freed from a Japanese internment camp in the Philippines, gather around Pendleton (Bumblebee) Thompson. Thompson volunteered as cook in the camp where they were interned, ca. 04/1945

Pressure bandaged after they suffered burns when their ship was hit by a kamikaze attack, men are fed aboard the USS Solace (AH-5).

Capt. E.J. Steichen, Navy combat photographer, photographs native children on Guam Island.

"Cmdr. Thomas A. Gaylord, USN (Ret'd), administers oath to five new Navy nurses commissioned in New York."

Colonal General Alfred Jodl, Chief of Staff under the Doenitz Regime, signs the document of unconditional surrender. On Jodl's left is General Admiral Von Friedeburg of the German Navy, and on the right is Major Wilhelm Oxenius of the German General Staff. Behind Von Friedeburg is Maj. Gen. K.W.D. S

"34th CBs working on purification of their water supply at Solomon Islands.", ca. 08/1945

Lt. Barrett Gallagher in rear seat of SB2C that has just landed on a carrier. He holds a K-25 camera he was using.

F6F pilots rushing to their planes on the flight deck of the USS Hornet (CV-12). They are going out for a raid on Japanese shipping in the China Sea.

Harry Hopkins, Steve Early, and Chip Bohlen at the Livadia Palace in the Crimea

"Lt. Gen. Joseph T. McNarney, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean Theater, inspects Honor Guard of MPs during his tour of the Fifth Army front at the 92nd Division Sector.", 04/1945

"1909th Engineers Aviation Battalion (Negro) aboard LST 683.", 08/15/1945

"Charlie Dunston, S1/c, amputee case at the Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, PA.", 08/01/1945

Aerial of USS Yorktown (CV-10), the Fighting Lady

LSM's (R) sending rockets at the shores of Pokishi Shima, near Okinawa, 5 days before invasion.

"Seeking to rescue a Marine who was drowning in the surf at Iwo Jima, this sextet of Negro soldiers narrowly missed death themselves when their amphibian truck was swamped by heavy seas. From left to right, back row, they are T/5 L. C. Carter, Jr., Private John Bonner, Jr., Staff Sergeant Charles R.

"Enlisted men aboard the U.S.S. Ticonderoga (CV-14) hear the news of Japan's surrender.", 08/14/1945

Serieal 0145, Enclosure B: Photograph of Nameplate from Attacking Plane (Japanese plane attack on SS Alexander Majors)

WWII: Europe: Wetzlar, Germany; "Sgt. Edward Hill, Manchester, England, captured five years ago at Dunkerque was freed when American Seventh Armored Division, First Army captured Dulag-Luft POW Camp"

"M. D. Shore, S1/c, operating a forklift truck at the Navy supply depot at Guam, Marianas.", 06/08/1945

"War Correspondent Ted Stanford of The Pittsburgh Courier, a weekly, interviews 1st Sgt. Morris O. Harris,.a tankman of the 784th Tank Battalion operating with the Ninth Army.", 03/28/1945

Crewmen transferring a torpedo from a submarine tender to a submarine about to leave on war patrol.

Navy photographer pictures suffering and ruins that resulted from atom bomb blast in Hiroshima, Japan. Japanese soldier walks through leveled area.

US troops aboard the USS Gen. Harry Taylor reverse their route back to NY.

"Two Negro Marine movie operators.", 01/1945

Ships of 3rd fleet steam into Tokyo Bay, Japan, for the occupation.

Seaman Paul Gray of San Dimos, Calif., rides Japanese bicycle in Tokyo, Japan.

Here, on the deck of a U.S. warship anchored at Cairo as President Roosevelt conferred with the monarchs of three countries on his homeward journey from the Big Three conference at Yalta, Crimea, are John Winant (left), U.S. Amabassador to Great Britain; Mrs. Anna Bosttiger, President Roosevelt's da

A nation's sorrow at the loss of President Franklin D. Roosevelt is reflected in the faces of thousands who lined the streets of Washington, D.C., during his funeral.

Funeral of President Franklin D. Roosevelt at Hyde Park, N.Y.

"Two smiling French soldiers fill the hands of American soldiers with candy, in Rouffach, France, after the closing of the Colmar pocket."

WWII: Europe: Wetzlar, Germany; " Freed Allied soldiers pose under various signs they have erected at Dulag-Luft"

"Crews of U.S. light tanks stand by awaiting call to clean out scattered Nazi machine gun nests in Coburg, Germany."

Russian Premier Stalin talks with gestures to his Foreign Minister Molotov at the Palace, Yalta, Crimea, Russia.

"The 90th Division discovered this Reichsbank wealth, SS loot, and Berlin museum paintings that were removed from Berlin to a salt mine in Merkers, Germany.", 04/15/1945