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Photograph of a Ninth Army Air Force colonel talking with a Red Cross field director in front of a Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft, North Africa, circa 1943-1944.Typed caption glued to verso: "Ninth U.S. Army Air Force presses offensive against…

Photograph of a United States Navy ship participating in the Allied bombardment and invasion of Sicily, Italy, circa 1943. Typed caption glued to verso: "U.S. naval forces aid Allied landings in Sicily. Smoke rises from burning Axis installations on…

Photograph of a United States Navy observer watching the Allied invasion fleet as it approaches Sicily, Italy, circa 1943. Typed caption glued to verso: "U.S. naval forces aid Allied landings in Sicily. A helmeted U.S. Navy observer stands aboard a…

Photograph of landing barges, manned by United States Coast Guard personnel, and amphibious trucks on a beachhead in Sicily, Italy, circa 1943.Typed caption glued to verso: "U.S. Coast Guard aids Allied offensives. Landing barges manned by U.S. Coast…

Photograph of United States Coast Guard servicemen practicing invasion landings on an unidentified South Pacific island, circa 1943.Typed caption glued to verso: "U.S. Coast Guardsmen practice invasion landing. Landing barges churn the waters off a…

Photograph of Royal Navy servicemen guarding Italian prisoners of war on a beachhead in Sicily, Italy, July 10, 1943.Typed caption glued to verso: "First prisoners in Sicily. British naval commandos, one of whom is armed with a sub-machine gun, guard…

Photograph of two emaciated prisoners of war after their release from the Santo Tomas Internment Camp, Manila, Philippines, circa 1945. Inscription: "The day after release from Santo Thomas [Tomas] prison."

Photograph of Lee Embree outside a base residence building, Hickam Field, Hawaii, circa 1942. Inscription on verso: "Hawaii, Hickam Field, 1942."

Photograph of Lee Embree (right) and another Army Air Corps serviceman doing yard work outside a base residence building, Hickam Field, Hawaii, circa 1942. Inscription on verso: "Hawaii, Hickam Field, 1942."

Photograph of several United States Army Air Corps servicemen outside the Royal Hawaiian Hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii, circa 1942. Lee Embree is fourth from the right. Inscription on verso: "Hawaii - A day at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel - 1942."