World War II Photograph Search [rse]

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A British girl before a V2 rocket-damaged building, Battersea, London, England, United Kingdom, 27 Jan 1945	African-American US Marines receiving instruction in the Demolition Course at Montford Point Camp, North Carolina, United States in preparation for deployed to the Pacific Theater, Feb 1945

Churchill tank originally of C Squadron of British Army North Irish Horse regiment carrying Italian infantrymen of 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, Ravenna, Italy, 2 Mar 1945	Navy Ensign Jane Kendeigh was the first flight nurse to arrive on Iwo Jima, 6 Mar, 1945. She would also serve on Okinawa.

US Navy Cmdr. Thomas Gaylord administering oath to five new nurses commissioned in New York, United States, 8 Mar 1945; Phyllis Mae Dailey, USN's first African-American nurse, stood second from right	Carrier USS Bunker Hill on station for strikes against Kyushu, Japan, 18 Mar 1945. Photo was taken from the carrier USS Essex and the battleship USS New Jersey is seen in the right background.

Men of the British 5th Dorsetshire Regiment crossing the Rhine River into Germany in a Buffalo tracked landing vehicle, 28 Mar 1945	A group of US Navy flight nurses walking away from a Douglas R5D Skymaster aircraft, Guam, Marianas, Apr 1945

German horses killed by US artillery fire, near Lug, Germany, 1945	US Army Nurse Corps Captain Della H. Raney, the first African-American nurse of the US Army in WW2, Camp Beale, California, United States, 11 Apr 1945

US Marine Private Grady Hogue on a horse, Okinawa, Japan, Apr 1945	PT-601 “Termites Delight,” an Elco 80-footer that later served with Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 41 (MTBRon 41), is seen here on a shakedown run off Bayonne, New Jersey, United States during Jun 1945.

US Navy nurse Lieutenant (jg) Madge Overstreet at Yontan, 1945	Wounded US Marines being loaded onto an aircraft for evacuation, Yontan Airfield, Okinawa, Japan, 1945; note female USN nurse Ensign Jane Kendeigh

Russian Nurses serving in Austria returning to Russia after the European War, 1 Jun 1945	After the leading edge of USS Hornet’s flight deck was collapsed in Typhoon Connie, F6F Hellcats were launched over the stern as the carrier steamed in reverse at 18.5 knots, 6 Jun 1945.

Konstantin Rokossovsky on a horse before Saint Basil's Cathedral at the Red Square victory parade, Moscow, 24 Jun 1945	Strike photo taken by US carrier planes during an air attack on Kure Naval Arsenal, Hiroshima, Japan, Jul 1945. Note anti-aircraft bursts and screening smoke in addition to bomb impacts.

George Patton riding the horse Favory Africa in Sankt Martin, Austria, 22 Aug 1945	Men of 4th Regiment of 6th Division of US Marine Corps landing via a LCVP from USS Waukesha at Yokosuka, Japan, 30 Aug 1945; note 75mm pack howitzer, battleship Nagato (background), and Yokosuka Naval Arsenal (right edge of photograph)