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Omar Bradley, Dwight Eisenhower, Marie-Pierre Kœnig, and others at the Arc de Triomphe, Paris, France, 27 Aug 1944
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Saidor Airfield, Australian Territory of New Guinea, 1940s
Saidor Airfield, Australian Territory of New G...
Portrait of Rear Admiral Stanhope Ring, May 1954
Portrait of Rear Admiral Stanhope Ring, May 19...
Kaiser Swan Island shipyard building T2-SE-A1 tankers, 4 Jul 1945
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Soldiers of US 77th Infantry Division walking along a muddy road, Okinawa, Japan, 26 May 1945; note Howitzer Motor Carriage M8 at left edge of the photograph
Soldiers of US 77th Infantry Division walking ...
Drawing of Type 98 50 mm mortar, seen in US War Department Technical Manual TM-E 30-480 Handbook On Japanese Military Forces dated 21 Sep 1942
Drawing of Type 98 50 mm mortar, seen in US Wa...
Rawalpindi at sea, 1930s
Rawalpindi at sea, 1930s
Portrait of Archbishop Damaskinos of Greece, 31 Jan 1945
Portrait of Archbishop Damaskinos of Greece, 3...
Harold Farncomb in Sydney, Australia, 13 Sep 1945
Harold Farncomb in Sydney, Australia, 13 Sep 1...
Oil tanks on Stokes Hill burning after a Japanese raid, Darwin, Australia, 19 Feb 1942
Oil tanks on Stokes Hill burning after a Japan...
Damaged Bank of New South Wales building, Darwin, Bennett Street, Australia, 8 Oct 1942
Damaged Bank of New South Wales building, Darw...
Merchant ship Neptuna exploding at Stokes Hill Wharf, Darwin, Australia, 19 Feb 1942; note small Patrol Craft HMAS Vigilant near the base of the smoke column performing rescue work, a floating dry dock holding the corvette HMAS Katoomba (center), and a lifeboat pulling away from the damaged ship Zealandia (right edge of photograph)
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Martlet fighter warming up on the flight deck of HMS Formidable in the North Atlantic, 1944
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US Marine Raiders at Cape Totkina, Bougainville, Jan 1944
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A captured He 177 A-5 with British markings in flight near Farnborough Airfield, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, Sep 1944
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A 20mm anti-aircraft gun aboard Texas, 2007
A 20mm anti-aircraft gun aboard Texas, 2007


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