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Photograph of American soldiers setting up tents over foxholes dug by Japanese forces, Attu Island, Alaska, circa 1943-1944. Landing boats and barges are visible along the shore.Typed caption glued to verso: "Americans use Japanese fox holes on Attu.…

Photograph of two United States Navy servicemen standing on an ice-covered submarine at an unidentified Arctic port, circa 1943-1945. The Japanese flags painted on the hull indicate that the sub has sunk three warships and two merchantman ships. A…

Photograph of a United States Navy observer using a radio to report on the progress of the Allied beach landing in Sicily, Italy, circa 1943. A landing craft approaching the Sicilian coast is visible in the background.Typed caption glued to verso:…

Photograph of an aerial photographer of the Ninth Air Force, United States Army Air Forces, holding a camera, circa 1943-1944.Typed caption glued to verso: "He photographs U.S. raids on German targets. A photographer of the Ninth U.S. Army Air Force…

Photograph of a United States Army soldier surrounded by relatives and friends in Olevano, Italy, a town recently liberated by Allied forces, circa 1943-1944.Typed caption glued to verso: "American soldier meets relatives in liberated Italian town. A…

Photograph of people watching as Allied military vehicles drive through a street lined with damaged buildings, Resina, Italy, circa 1943-1944.Typed caption glued to verso: "Allied forces roll through Resina, Italy. Residents of Resina, Italy, gather…

Photograph of an Allied military vehicle carrying the caskets of four Italian youths during a funeral procession in Faicchio, Italy, circa 1943-1944. The caption notes that the youths were shot by German soldiers.Typed caption glued to verso: "Four…

Photograph of Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark (left) and Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr. (right) surveying an Italian railyard damaged by Allied bombers, Caserta, Italy, circa 1943.Typed caption glued to verso: "U.S. Treasury…

Photograph of the damaged HMHS Newfoundland, an Allied hospital ship, after being bombed by German forces, Salerno, Italy, circa September 1943.Typed caption glued to verso: "Allied hospital ship bombed by Germans. This Allied hospital ship, the…

Photograph of United States Army soldiers bringing a captured Japanese landing barge ashore on Attu Island, Alaska, May 1943.Typed caption glued to verso: "Americans seize Japanese landing boat on Attu. The American flag flies from the stern of a…