World War 2 photos

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How Omaha Beach looked during the afternoon of 6 June 1944

Troops wade ashore at Omaha Beach from a LCVP landing craft

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WWII: Europe: France; "U.S> Troops land at Normandy"

Omaha Beach Landing Craft Approaches

Landings on Omaha beach

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U.S. soldiers in France

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111-SC-329951 - Infantrymen of 1st U.S. Army gather in Bastogne, Belgium, to regroup after being cut away from their regiment by Germans in the enemy drive in this area. 110 Regt, 28th LNE Div FUSA Bastogne, Belgium

Photograph of American Infantrymen Near Iveldingen, Belgium

Marines finishing training at Parris Island, S.C. Creator(s): Palmer, Alfred T., photographer Date Created/Published: 1942 May Medium:.

The U.S. Marines salute the U.S. Coast Guard after the fury of battle had subsided and the Japs on Guam had been defeated.

Marines squat behind Jap boat on beach. Saipan. June, 1944.

Marines advance behind tank on Guam

Marines of the first wave, landing on the beach at Saipan, crawl forward for protective covering while waiting for additional waves of green-garbed Leathernecks to land.

"Aboard a Coast Guard-manned transport somewhere in the Pacific, these Negro Marines prepare to face the fire of Jap anese gunners."

American army in Wallis island in 1942 - unloading a 155mm coast artillery gun

After only a short rest behind the lines, these Marines are going to reinforce some of their buddies who are having trouble getting the Japs out of their caves in the side of a ridge on Peleliu. September, 1944.

B-17G Flying Fortress formation with Bendix chin-turret of the 8th Bomber Command escorted by a P-51

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Heinkel He 177 V5 bomber prototype in flight, circa 1942-43

United States bombing raid over a German city - NARA - 197269

Aircraft in the Flight Research Building at the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory

Republic P-47D-23-RA Thunderbolt of the 82nd Fighter Squadron (USAAF) in flight, in July 1944 (342-FH-3A16465-52731AC)

Liberator bomber crosses the P-40 fighter planes

P-51 "Mustang" fighter in flight, Inglewood, Calif. The "Mustang", built by North American Aviation, Incorporated, is the only American-built fighter used by the Royal Air Force of Great Britain

Naval photograph documenting the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii which initiated US participation in World War II. Navy's caption: The USS ARIZONA afire and sinking after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.

Naval photograph documenting the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii which initiated US participation in World War II. Navy's caption: Oil burning on top of water near the Naval Air Station after the Japanese "sneak attack" on Pearl Harbor of Dec. 7, 1941.

The USS Arizona (BB-39) burning after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

Battleship row ablaze from south 1941

USS Arizonasinking

USS SHAW exploding during the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor. December 7, 1941. (Navy)-NARA FILE -- 080-G-16871-WAR and CONFLICT BOOK -- 1135 HD-SN-99-02794

Pearl Harbor wide view attack

USS Arizona sinking 2a

Women aircraft workers. Uncle Sam's fighting men can thank the girls they left behind for the great job they're doing on America's production line. These two young women are working on the control column of a giant bomber at one of the West Coast's aricraft factories. Vega Creator(s): Bransby, David

Workers at a new bomber production plant

Women aircraft workers. Women man America's machines in a West Coast airplane factory, where the swing shift of drill press operators is composed almost entirely of women Creator(s): Bransby, David, photographer Related Names: United States. Office of War Information. Date Created/Published: 1942 Ma

American mothers and sisters, like these women at the Douglas Aircraft Company, give important help in producing dependable planes for their men at the front, Long Beach, Calif (cropped)

American mothers and sisters, like these women at the Douglas Aircraft Company, give important help in producing dependable planes for their men at the front, Long Beach, Calif. Most important of the many types of aircraft made at this plant are the B-17F ("Flying Fortress") heavy bomber, the A-20 (

Woman worker (right), American mothers and sisters, like these women at the Douglas Aircraft Company, give important help in producing dependable planes for their men at the front, Long Beach, Calif (cropped)

Women aircraft workers. Men and women work together at one of the West Coast's huge aircraft plants. These two are woking on an electrical panel Creator(s): Bransby, David, photographer Related Names: United States. Office of War Information. Date Created/Published: 1942 May. Medium

The skin is applied to the frame of a tank for a B-25 bomber. Women can be found in every department at North American Aviation, working together and with men. Next year approximately eighty percent of employees will be women; twenty percent at present Creator(s): Palmer, Alfred T., photographer Dat