World War II Photographs
Crew shown swabbing the 34 feet tube of the 8-inch rifle after a fire mission. It takes 13 men handling staff 45 feet long to clean the barrel. Fifth Army, Casale, Minturno area, Italy. 14 May 1944.
French civilians get out their treasured hoard of wine to welcome their American liberators. Northern France. 13 June 1944.
French civilians wave encouragement to Yanks rolling through a town in northern France, in a half-track, on their way to the front. France. 13 June 1944.
Infantry patrol on TD's cross bridge in Rome. General's jeep is parked at head of column. Fifth Army. Rome area, Italy. 4 June 1944.
105mm Howitzer set up in Rome outskirts. Fifth Army. Rome area, Italy, 5 June 1944.
Sergeant How Petrowski (left) and Sergeant Murphy Medancon, both of the 337th Infantry, examining a German 88mm, which was left intact by fleeing Germans. Fifth Army. Terracina area, Italy. 25 May 1944.
Burnt ruins of German "Tiger" tank at Cori. Fifth Army. Cori area, Italy. 31 May 1944.
This photo shows the Harbor of Civitavecchia, port of Rome, as it was found by victorious Allied troops, speeding through the Eternal City on the heels of the desperately fleeing Nazis. The wrecked German boats are the result of American bombers and German demolition squads who scuttled everything left afloat before departing. Fifth Army. Civitavecchia area, Italy 10 June 1944.
Casualties of the 82nd Airborne Division being evacuated by jeep to a medical station somewhere in France. Looking on in the background are interested German prisoners of war. France. 12 June 1944.
Newly landed U.S. Forces move along Utah Beach, at Les Dunes de Madeleine, on their way to the front where they will reinforce troops facing the enemy. France. 12 June 1944.
U.S. Airborne infantrymen passing through a French village on their way to contact the enemy. St. Marie Dumont, France. 12 June 1944.
Two and one-half ton amphibious trucks of the 470th Amphibious Truck Company, 1st Engineer SPEO Brigade, bring supplies to the beachhead from ships off shore, at Utah Beach. On the right is a German 77mm gun captured intact. Les Dunes De Madeleine, France. 8 June 1944.
American troops debarking from LST's under fire from German artillery during early stage of the invasion on the coast of France. Les Dunes De Madeleine, France.
Members of a medical corps unit in France load wounded American soldiers on a C-47 hospital plane for evacuation to an Army hospital in England. France. 12 June 1944.
American Army and Navy chiefs make a visit to French soil to see the progress of the battles on the beachheads of France. In the group are General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force, General George C. Marshall, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, Admiral Ernest King, U.S. Navy, and General Henry H. Arnold, Commanding General, U.S. Air Forces, France. 12 June 1944.
American Army and Navy chiefs pay their first visit to French soil to see the progress of the battles on the beachheads of France. In the group are General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force, General George C. Marshall, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, Admiral Ernest King, U.S. Navy, and General Henry H. Arnold, Commanding General, U.S. Air Forces, France. 12 June 1944.
American Army and Navy chiefs pay their first visit to French soil to see the progress of the battles on the beachheads of France. In the group are General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force, General George C. Marshall, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, Admiral Ernest King, U.S. Navy, and General Henry H. Arnold, Commanding General, U.S. Air Forces, France. 12 June 1944.
Survivors of a sunk LOVP off the coast of France come safely ashore in a rubber life raft. Cherbourg area, France. 13 June 1944.
An American command post on the cliffs of northern France bustles with activity as prisoners are hurried down the cliff side to waiting ships in the harbor. The American flag is protection against these troops being shelled by their own men. France. 12 June 1944.
Crowds cheering American soldiers. Rome, Italy. 1944
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