3,197 items in this album on 160 pages.
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| WAVES Airman 1st Class (Aviation Metalsmith) Barbara Stroud drilling and riveting aircraft structure in the Assembly and Repair Department at Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 2 | WAVES Aviation Machinist's Mates working on a SNJ training plane and its Pratt & Whitney R-1340 radial engine, Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 24 July 1943 |
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| WAVES Aviation Metalsmith 3rd Class Claire Bickham and Seaman 1st Class (Aviation Metalsmith) Susie Alvis riveting aircraft, Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 24 Jul 1943 | WAVES Aviation Metalsmiths and Aviation Machinist's Mates working on a SBD Dauntless aircraft, Assembly and Repair Department, Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 24 Jul 1943 |
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| Members of the first class of WAVES to graduate from the Aviation Metalsmith School, at the Naval Air Technical Training Center, Norman, Oklahoma, United States, 30 Jul 1943 | Portrait of a large family from Saxony, Germany, Aug 1943; note mother with Cross of Honor of the German Mother, six sons in military service, and two son in Hitler Youth |
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| Seaman 2nd Class Mary Garrell operating the switchboard at WAVES Quarters 'D', Washington, DC, United States, Aug 1943 | US Under Secretary of War Robert Patterson congratulated African-American Col. Chauncey M. Hooper after an inspection, US Territory of Hawaii, Aug 1943; also: Lt Gen Robert Richardson, Col Harry Reube |
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| A Soviet soldier walking along a road in Russia, 1 Aug 1943; note field gun in background | Soviet sailor measuring the range of depth charges, Russian coastal waters, 1 Aug 1943 |
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| Japanese-American recruit of US 442nd Regimental Combat Team taking cover during field exercises at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, United States, 6 Aug 1943 | Hitler Youth firefighters in action, Düsseldorf, Germany, 25 Aug 1943 |
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| An American flag flew on a convoy ship while underway, location unknown, circa 1943-1945 | German Army 'Freies Arabien' soldier with two other German Army soldiers, Greece, fall 1943 |
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| Injured Hitler Youth anti-aircraft battery crewmen being decorated for bravery, fall 1943 | Soldier of the Italian Social Republic, northern Italy, 1943, photo 2 of 2 |
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| WAFS pilot Nancy Harkness Love in the cockpit of B-17 Flying Fortress bomber 'Queen Bee', circa Sep 1943 | WAVES Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Dorothy Wuestner applying a paint brush to a magneto, Naval Air Station, Los Alamitos, California, United States, Sep 1943 |
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| Mother and children looking at a destroyed home, Russia, 1 Sep 1943 | Soviet troops marching in the countryside, Russia, 1 Sep 1943 |
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