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Paratroopers of 1st Allied Airborne Army receiving a final briefing before embarking on Operation Market Garden, 17 Sep 1944American troops firing M1 Garand rifles near Bastogne, Belgium, circa Dec 1944
Paratroopers of 1st Allied Airborne Army receiving a final briefing before embarking on Operation Market Garden, 17 Sep 1944American troops firing M1 Garand rifles near Bastogne, Belgium, circa Dec 1944
Infantry training in the sand at Bellows Field, Oahu, Hawaii, 1944-45. Note the M1 Garand rifle with M1905 bayonet.Members of the US 22nd Infantry Regiment holding the line during heavy fighting near Großhau, Germany during the Battle of the Hürtgen Forest, 1 Dec 1944. Note the M1917 machine gun and M1 Garand rifles.
Infantry training in the sand at Bellows Field, Oahu, Hawaii, 1944-45. Note the M1 Garand rifle with M1905 bayonet.Members of the US 22nd Infantry Regiment holding the line during heavy fighting near Großhau, Germany during the Battle of the Hürtgen Forest, 1 Dec 1944. Note the M1917 machine gun and M1 Garand rifles.
US 7th Army troops checking a house for snipers, western Germany, 16 Dec 1944Soldiers of the 463rd Combat Engineers in France near the German border pause to observe Christmas the best way they could, 25 Dec 1944. Note K-ration cans as ornaments and three stacked M1 Garand rifles.
US 7th Army troops checking a house for snipers, western Germany, 16 Dec 1944Soldiers of the 463rd Combat Engineers in France near the German border pause to observe Christmas the best way they could, 25 Dec 1944. Note K-ration cans as ornaments and three stacked M1 Garand rifles.
American soldier with M1 Garand rifle in the Philippine Islands, circa 1945Men of US 5th Marine Division with mascot lion Roscoe, circa 1945
American soldier with M1 Garand rifle in the Philippine Islands, circa 1945Men of US 5th Marine Division with mascot lion Roscoe, circa 1945
US Coast Guard sentry and dog at their post during WW2US Marines on Iwo Jima, Japan, 19 Feb 1945
US Coast Guard sentry and dog at their post during WW2US Marines on Iwo Jima, Japan, 19 Feb 1945
Men of 3rd Battalion, US 23rd Marine Regiment at a destroyed Japanese pillbox, Iwo Jima, Japan, Feb 1945Burial at sea aboard a US Coast Guard ship with Marine Corps honor guard, in the Pacific Ocean off Iwo Jima, Japan, Feb 1945
Men of 3rd Battalion, US 23rd Marine Regiment at a destroyed Japanese pillbox, Iwo Jima, Japan, Feb 1945Burial at sea aboard a US Coast Guard ship with Marine Corps honor guard, in the Pacific Ocean off Iwo Jima, Japan, Feb 1945
Joe Rosenthal making a photograph of US servicemen with the second flag atop Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan, 23 Feb 1945US Marines posing with the second flag atop Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan, 23 Feb 1945
Joe Rosenthal making a photograph of US servicemen with the second flag atop Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan, 23 Feb 1945US Marines posing with the second flag atop Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan, 23 Feb 1945
US Marine hauling an ammunition cart on Iwo Jima invasion beach, Japan, 19 Feb 1945Captain Edward Steichen, head of the Navy’s combat photography and Director of the Naval Photographic Institute, right, speaking with US Marine Corporal William Damato on Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands, Mar 1945
US Marine hauling an ammunition cart on Iwo Jima invasion beach, Japan, 19 Feb 1945Captain Edward Steichen, head of the Navy’s combat photography and Director of the Naval Photographic Institute, right, speaking with US Marine Corporal William Damato on Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands, Mar 1945
Private First Class John J. Helus (with BAR) and Corporal John A. Hicks (with M1), Iwo Jima, Japan, circa Feb-Mar 1945Private First Class H. L. Miles and Corporal C. V. Corley of US Marines rested during a lull in battle, Iwo Jima, Japan, 15 Mar 1945
Private First Class John J. Helus (with BAR) and Corporal John A. Hicks (with M1), Iwo Jima, Japan, circa Feb-Mar 1945Private First Class H. L. Miles and Corporal C. V. Corley of US Marines rested during a lull in battle, Iwo Jima, Japan, 15 Mar 1945
US 25th Division squad leader pointing at a suspected Japanese position at the edge of Baleta Pass, near Baguio, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 23 Mar 1945American troops crossing the Rhine under fire at Sankt Goar, Germany, late Mar 1945
US 25th Division squad leader pointing at a suspected Japanese position at the edge of Baleta Pass, near Baguio, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 23 Mar 1945American troops crossing the Rhine under fire at Sankt Goar, Germany, late Mar 1945

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