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photographs below represent but a small portion
of the thousands of images to emerge from World
War II. Compiled from the more popular holdings
from the United States National Archives, this
imagery reflects the work of U.S. military photographers
as well as nongovernment artists and photographers.
Their pictures, prints and posters—new selections
of which will appear in the coming months—convey,
not only a variety of historical documentation,
but also the breadth of the wartime experience. |
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Army Air Force gunner Sgt. William Watts of
Alexandria, La., fires a machine gun on the
enemy during an aerial fight with German planes
(1942).
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the Guns / Join the Navy
color poster by artist McClelland Barclay (1942). |
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A torpedoed Japanese destroyer is photographed
through the periscope of the U.S.S. Nautilus
(June 1942). |
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American troops surrender to the Japanese
at Corregidor, Philippine Islands (May
1942). |
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Women workers install fixtures and assemblies
to a tail fuselage section of a B-17F bomber
at the Douglas Aircraft Company in Long
Beach, Calif (Oct.
1942). |
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Soldiers
in bunks of the SS Pennant during Army transport
at the Port of Embarkation in San Francisco, Calif.
(Nov. 1942). |
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Algiers, Operation TORCH
troops hit the beaches behind
a large U.S. flag (left),
hoping that the French Army won’t fire on it (Nov.
1942).
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The five Sullivan brothers (from
left, Joseph, Francis, Albert, Madison and George),
all of whom were lost in the sinking of the U.S.S. Juneau
during the Guadalcanal campaign. Although proposed
after their deaths, no legislation ever was passed regarding
family members serving together, nor has any president
ever issued any executive order forbidding assignment
of family members to the same ship or unit (Nov.
1942). |
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