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[Military vehicles and tents, Enewetak Atoll] (Item)

Photograph of military vehicles and tents, Enewetak Atoll, circa 1943-1945. Caption on album page: "Eniwetok [sic]."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the U.S. Navy during World War II, circa 1940-1945.

American troops land in Sicily (Item)

Photograph of American soldiers unloading tanks, vehicles, and other equipment from landing ships on the beach near Licata, Sicily, Italy, circa 1943. Typed caption glued to verso: "American troops land in Sicily. American soldiers and equipment arrive at a beachhead established near Licata, Sicily, in the early stages of the Allied invasion of the Italian island. Light and heavy tanks, Army scout…

U.S. Coast Guard aids Allied offensives (Item)

Photograph of United States Coast Guard servicemen moving military vehicles ashore during a landing at Sicily, Italy, circa 1943.Typed caption glued to verso: "U.S. Coast Guard aids Allied offensives. U.S. Army vehicles move ashore onto a beach in Sicily as men of the U.S. Coast Guard unload a landing vessel. The Coast Guard, a wartime branch of the U.S. Navy, observed its 153rd birthday on August…

U.S. Coast Guard aids Allied offensives (Item)

Photograph of United States Coast Guard servicemen assisting in moving an amphibious truck ashore during a landing at Sicily, Italy, circa 1943.Typed caption glued to verso: "U.S. Coast Guard aids Allied offensives. A United States Army amphibious truck rolls onto a beach in Sicily after being unloaded from a transport manned by U.S. Coast Guardsmen during landing operations. Men of the Coast…

Allied forces roll through Resina, Italy (Item)

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 in the streets and stand atop bomb debris to watch vehicles of the Allied Fifth Army roll through the town. Resina, the last town through which the…

German stronghold reduced to rubble in Italy (Item)

Photograph of Allied vehicles parked in front of a destroyed German stronghold, Italy, circa 1943.Typed caption glued to verso: "German stronghold reduced to rubble in Italy. Allied armored cars halt on the road to Naples, Italy, before a devastated building which had once been a German strong point. Accurate Allied bombing reduced it to ruins and forced the Germans to continue their retreat…

[Jeep towing Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft] (Item)

Photograph of a jeep towing a Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft, USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1945. Inscription on verso: "Flight deck -- Essex -- Jeep towing dive bomber / C17."Caption on album page: "Jeep towing SB2C / 1945."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the U.S. Navy during World War II, circa 1940-1945.

[Military policemen and serviceman standing next to wrecked jeep] (Item)

Photograph of two military policemen and an unidentified serviceman standing next to a wrecked jeep, likely in the China-Burma-India Theater, circa 1940s.Stamped on verso: "Official Photograph. U.S. Army Air Corps."

[Servicemen and horses on military trucks] (Item)

Photograph of unidentified servicemen and horses on military trucks, likely in the China-Burma-India Theater, circa 1940s. Stamped on verso: "Army Air Forces Photo. 10th Combat Camera Unit,"

[Women's Army Corps (WAC) servicewomen seated in back of military truck] (Item)

Photograph of Women's Army Corps (WAC) servicewomen seated in the back of a military truck, China-Burma-India Theater, circa 1940s.

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