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The famous picture taken by Associated Press photographer

The famous picture taken by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal actually captured the second flag-raising event of the day. A U.S. flag was first raised atop Suribachi soon after it was captured early i... More

The fight for Tarawa: 75th anniversary of one of the bloodiest battles...

U.S. Marines storm Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands. Nov. 20, 2018 marks the 75th anniversary of the start of the Battle of Tarawa, which was part of Operation Galvanic. It marks one of the bloodiest battles of WW... More

Astronaut Deke Slayton during World War II

(1945) This World War II photograph shows future Astronaut Donald Deke K. Slayton (on right) and 1st Lt. Ed Steinman (on left) beside a Douglas A-26 bomber in the Pacific Theater of Operations during the summer... More

Japanese POWs board train. Public domain, Post-war Japan.

Three hundred nineteen Japanese prisoners of war, carrying their belongings, board trains at then-Camp McCoy for California, where they will aid in harvest in the 1940s. According to the U.S. War Department in... More

Atomic bomb blast - A black and white photo of a mushroom cloud

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). To identify this image it may help to search for images that have neighboring call numbers, are similar in appearance, and have titles. There was no ca... More

"The Walkers Club." Eight U.S. airmen in China who were forced down be...

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USS Arizona, at height of fire, following Japanese aerial attack on Pe...

Official U.S. Navy photograph. W-Ph-30-8981. Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire, during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain ... More

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. USS West Virginia aflame. Disregarding the dang...

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Leaves berth virtually surrounded by stricken ships. The U.S.S. Neosho...

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Wreckage of USS Arizona, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, December 7, 1941

Official U.S. Navy photograph. No. 8967. Z 75685. Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire, during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public do... More

Stricken from the air. Testifying to the extent of the Japanese sneak ...

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Manila, the Philippine Islands. In one of the last pictures to leave t...

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First U.S. Army Signal Corps photos of the bombing of Hawaii, Dec. 7, ...

Photo by USASC, SC-127034. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf. Now LOT 11710. World War, 1939-1945.

USS Arizona Band, World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument,...

Pictured here are members of the USS Arizona Band playing at Bloch Arena on November 29, 1941. None of the band members survived the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Captured Japanese Photograph of Japanese Mitsubishi Divebombers Warmin...

Original caption: Japanese photograph captured on Attu, Aleutian Islands, June 1, 1943. Japanese Mitsubishi divebombers warming up on carrier deck before the attack on Pearl Harbor of Dec. 7, 1941. This photo... More

Photograph of the USS Arizona Burning after the Japanese Attack on Pea...

Original caption: The USS Arizona (BB39) burning after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7 1941. General Photographic File of the Department of Navy

Photograph of Damaged Ships after the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor

Original caption: Damaged ships after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7 1941. The USS Cassin (DD372) and the USS Downes (DD375) in Drydock No. 1. General Photographic File o... More

Captured Japanese Photograph Taken during the Attack on Pearl Harbor

Original caption: Captured Japanese photograph. Photograph taken during the attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7 1941. (see back of mount for Japanese release caption). General Photographic File of the De... More

Photograph of USS Arizona Exploding Fiercely at Pearl Harbor after Jap...

Original caption: USS Arizona explodes fiercely at Pearl Harbor after Japanese attack. General Photographic File of the Department of Navy

Photograph of the USS Phoenix after the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbo...

Original caption: The USS Phoenix (CL46) after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7 1941. General Photographic File of the Department of Navy

Photograph of Planes and Hangars Wrecked in the Japanese Attack on Pea...

Original caption: Planes and hangars wrecked in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7 1941. NAS Pearl Harbor. General Photographic File of the Department of Navy

Photograph of the USS Nevada after the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor

Original caption: The USS Nevada (BB36) after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7 1941. Moving to position away from enflamed ships. Foreground salvage and rescue tugs gun crews in action. ... More

Aircraft at Hickam Field, Hawaii (HI) continue to burn and explode, in...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hickam Field State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combin... More

Photograph of the USS California after the Japanese Attack on Pearl Ha...

Original caption: The USS California (BB44) after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7 1941. Abandoning ship. General Photographic File of the Department of Navy

Photograph of Gun Crews during the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor

Original caption: Gun crews during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7 1941. Marines and soldiers fire on raiding Japanese planes. General Photographic File of the Department of Navy

Photograph of the USS Arizona after the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbo...

Original caption: The USS Arizona (BB39) after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7 1941. General Photographic File of the Department of Navy

Photograph of Captured Japanese Two-Man Submarine at Bellows Field aft...

Original caption: Captured Japanese two-man submarine at Bellows Field, T.H. after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7 1941. General Photographic File of the Department of Navy

Photograph of USS Arizona Burns at Pearl Harbor after Japanese Attack

Original caption: USS Arizona burns at Pearl Harbor after Japanese attack. General Photographic File of the Department of Navy

Photograph of the USS West Virginia and the USS Tennessee after the Ja...

Original caption: The USS West Virginia (BB45) and the USS Tennessee (BB43) after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7 1941. General Photographic File of the Department of Navy

Photograph of President Franklin D. Roosevelt Signing the Declaration ...

Original caption: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signing the declaration of war against Japan. Photographs of Notable Personalities

Pearl Harbor bombing. Stricken from the air. Testifying to the extent ...

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For Japan Next ([Information on side: All Quiet On The Western Front) ...

Original Artwork for World War II Posters Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire, during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Two women employees work to...

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Loose Talk Does Reach Tokyo. Let's Stop It!

Original Artwork for World War II Posters Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire, during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

See It Through. Buy Bonds Play Fair Stay on the Job! (Left) and See ...

Original Artwork for World War II Posters Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire, during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Give 'em the old 1-2. 1-Load, 2-Unload All Cars Promptly. Your Gover...

Original Artwork for World War II Posters Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire, during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Partial view of North Ameri...

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The aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV-7) is shown burning and listing afte...

WASHINGTON (Mar. 14, 2019) The aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV-7) is shown burning and listing after it was torpedoed by the Japanese navy submarine I-19 on Sept. 15, 1942 while operating in the Southwestern Paci... More

Japanese Military Post-Card of the Second World War

World War Two Imperial Japan's military picture post-cards captured by U.S. airmen, marines, sailors and soldiers from the battles with names like Iwo Jima, Tararwa, Guadacanal, Tokyo, etc.

So Glad You Think War Over. Beat Japan Campaign

Original Artwork for World War II Posters Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire, during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pearl Harbor bombing. Wrecked seaplane. One of the 80 U.S. Navy planes...

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Children inspecting a Japanese midget submarine, 1942

ID Number: P00455.005 .Melbourne, Vic. . .School children and service personnel inspect the mid-section of a Japanese midget submarine on display in the exhibition gardens. This submarine took part in the un... More

Battle-scarred typewriter. Veteran of World War II, this typewriter ha...

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Poster, 'He's Coming South' - A poster of a soldier pointing at a map

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Los Angeles, California. A store in Little Tokyo

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In commemoration of the Battle of Midway, fought June 4-7, 1942.

PACIFIC OCEAN (May. 02, 2011) In commemoration of the Battle of Midway, fought June 4-7, 1942. The U.S. Navy effectively destroyed Japan's naval strength by sinking four of its aircraft carriers. It is consider... More

Women's Army Corps during World War II, Fort Washington Park, 1941.

World War II was the largest armed conflict in human history and spanned 1939-1945. As husbands, sons and brothers left home, many women wondered how they could help. A bill was introduced in 1941 calling for t... More

Photograph of Lt. Lou Zamperini, Bombardier, Examining the Damage a Ja...

Original caption: Theatre #23 Funafuti, Ellice Island - Lt. Lou Zamperini, bombardier, examines damage a Jap cannon shell from an intercepting Zero over Nauru did to his Liberator, The Zero got three other cann... More

A burning building along Taft Avenue which was hit during the Japanese...

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A North American P-51 nicknamed "My Girl" takes off from Iwo Jima, in ...

Man in foreground is giving signal to take off, Pacific theater. No. 58999A.C. Ira Clarence Eaker collection.

General panoramic view of Hiroshima after the bomb ... shows the devas...

Official U.S. Army photo. Date stamped on verso: Jun 26 1946. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

[Aerial view of bomb damage in Tokyo, Japan, during the second world w...

U.S. Army A.A.F. photo. No. A-58577 AC. Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire, during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Guard House at the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory

A vehicle leaves the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory on August 14, 1945. At 7 p.m. that evening President Truman announced that Japan had accepted terms fo... More

A wave of charging Fourth Division Marines begin an attack from the be...

Photograph by U.S. Marine Corps. No. 110109. Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire, during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Nagasaki, Japan after atomic bombing / U.S. Army A.A.F. photo.

Aerial view of Nagasaki, Japan after atomic bombing. Ira Clarence Eaker Collection. No. B-58582A.C.

Capt. James T. Kolb of Company A, 147th Infantry, assisted

Capt. James T. Kolb of Company A, 147th Infantry, assisted by Sgt. Keogh, uses a flamethrower against dug-in Japanese troops on Iwo Jima, April 20, 1945. Relieving Marine Corps units, the Soldiers of the Ohio N... More

Photograph of Hiroshima after Atomic Bomb

Photographs Used In The Report Effects of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan

[Second atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan]

Official U.S. Army Air Force photograph. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1995, p. 268.

Photograph of Hiroshima after Atomic Bomb

Photographs Used In The Report Effects of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan

World War II (WWII) era photograph of US Marine Corps (USMC) First Lie...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: Beall, Usmc Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

[Crowd of people, many waving, in Times Square on V-J Day at time of a...

NYWT&S staff photo. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curato... More

Japan Capitulation - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

Cherokee Emigration Rolls Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire, during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Effects of Atomic Heat and Radiation on Humans, Japan

Rayburn legs. Hiroshima. Ft Leavenworth: Signal Corps Photograph Collection: Equipment File

Bomb damage in Osaka, Japan. Public domain, Post-war Japan.

Aerial view of Osaka after bombing, showing bomb craters. Photograph by U.S. Army Air Forces. No. C-58589. Ira Clarence Eaker collection.

Photograph of Hiroshima after Atomic Bomb

Photographs Used In The Report Effects of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan

Honouliuli Internment Camp, World War II Valor in the Pacific National...

In February 2015, President Obama established the Honouliuli National Mnument by presidential proclamation. Although not yet open to the public, Honouliuli National Monument will tell the history of internment,... More

Photograph of Hiroshima after Atomic Bomb

Photographs Used In The Report Effects of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan

An aerial photo of Hiroshima showing the destruction

An aerial photo of Hiroshima showing the destruction caused the atomic bomb on Aug. 6, 1945. The photo was in possession of Ralph Richard Hayes, former 20th Air Force, Army Air Corps, 421st Bombardment Squadron... More

"B" Co., 1st Bn., Move up to Reinforce "A" Co. Okinawa, Bob Bailey

General Photograph File of the U.S. Marine Corps Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire, during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Photograph of Allied Prisoners of War at Aomori Camp Near Yokohama, Ch...

Original caption: Gaunt Allied Prisoners of War at Aomori Camp Near Yokohama Cheer Rescuers from U.S. Navy. General Photographic File of the Department of Navy

Photograph of the U.S.S. Missouri as It Enters Tokyo Bay for the Surre...

General Photographic File of the Department of Navy Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire, during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

One team, one fight: African-Americans in the Marine Corps

Marines, following the rapid Japanese retreat northward on Okinawa, pause for a moment's rest at the base of a Japanese war memorial during the Battle of Okinawa, April 12, 1945. They are (on steps) Pfc. F. O. ... More

Members of Company F, 147th Infantry, display captured

Members of Company F, 147th Infantry, display captured Japanese flags found in an underground hospital, April 11, 1945. Relieving Marine Corps units, the Soldiers of the Ohio National Guard’s 147th Infantry Reg... More

1st Lt. Ralph Richard Hayes, 20th Air Force, Army Air

1st Lt. Ralph Richard Hayes, 20th Air Force, Army Air Corps, 421st Bombardment Squadron bombardier, poses for a photo June 7, 1945, during World War II. Hayes and his crew of 10 men completed 35 missions during... More

Members of Company F, 147th Infantry, display captured

Surrender of Japan, Tokyo Bay, Sept. 2, 1945. Fleet

Surrender of Japan, Tokyo Bay, Sept. 2, 1945. Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nimitz, U.S. Navy, signs the Instrument of Surrender as United States representative, aboard USS Missouri (BB-63), Sept. 2, 1945. Standing dir... More

The clothing drive relief committee sits behind boxes

The clothing drive relief committee sits behind boxes packed with clothes in Maui, Hawaii, Dec. 15, 1945. The postwar humanitarian effort was initiated by a U.S. service member from Hawaii who was a second gene... More

Black Marines on the beach at Iwo Jima are, from left

Black Marines on the beach at Iwo Jima are, from left to right, Pfc.'s Willie J. Kanody, Elif Hill and John Alexander, March 1945. (Photo by C. Jones)

This V-J party united patients and J.W.B. hostesses in joy at victory

Description: This V-J party united patients and J.W.B. hostesses in joy at victory, 1945..Creator/Photographer: Unkown..Medium: Photograph. .Date: 1945..: digital.cjh.org/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=210092... More

Collapsed japanese bomber at Timor

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Execution of Private Reharin. Japanese empire during World War Two.

A photograph found on the body of a dead Japanese soldier showing Private (Pte) Reharin, member of the Netherlands East Indies (NEI) Forces wearing a blindfold about to be beheaded with a sword by Yunome Kunio.... More

Hsu Yung-Ch'ang Republic of China 1945

AWM caption:Tokyo Bay, Japan -- Surrender of Japanese aboard USS "Missouri". General Hsu Yung-Chang, representing Republic of China, signs the instrument of surrender. General Douglas MacArthur, Allied Supreme... More

Indian soldier identifies suspected Japanese war criminal 1945

Rabaul, New Britain. 1945-11-15. An identification parade of suspected Japanese war criminals was arranged by the war crimes commission at Headquarters 11 Division. Shown, an Indian soldier identifying one of t... More

Japanese camp administrator Ikeuchi at Morotai

Bahasa Indonesia: Perwira penterjemah Jepang, Ikeuchi, yang bertanggungjawab terhadap tahanan perang asal Australia yang ditahan di Ambon, tiba di Morotai untuk pengadilan kejahatan perang terhadapnya.English: ... More

POWs Burma Thai RR. Japanese empire during World War Two.

Australian and Dutch prisoners of war at Tarsau in Thailand. The four men are suffering from beri beri.

Admiral of the Fleet Earl Mountbatten of Burma A30488

Admiral of the Fleet Earl Mountbatten of Burma Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia: The Japanese surrender in Singapore: Admiral Mountbatten delivering an address on the steps of the Municipal Building at ... More

Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser signs the Japanese surrender document for Gre...

Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser signs the Japanese surrender document for Great Britain on board USS MISSOURI in Tokyo Bay, 2 September 1945. Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser signs the surrender for Great Britain on board USS MISSOURI.

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force, 1939-1945- Supermarine Spitfire. CH10...

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force, 1939-1945- Supermarine Spitfire. Spitfire Mark IIB, P8348 NS-Y British and Friends Ex Japan, of No. 52 Operational Training Unit, on the ground at Aston Down, Gloucestershir... More

Britain Hears News of End of Jap War- Celebrating Victory in Japan, Lo...

Britain Hears News of End of Jap War- Celebrating Victory in Japan, London, England, UK, c 15 August 1945 A New Zealand sailor raises his bowler hat in the sunshine as he celebrates Victory in Japan with severa... More

Dropping of the Atomic Bomb on Japan, August 1945 CH13626

Dropping of the Atomic Bomb on Japan, August 1945 Group Captain Leonard Cheshire VC RAF, the British observer for the dropping of the second atom bomb on Nagasaki 9 August 1945 and the former commander of No 61... More

Japanese Surrender at Tokyo Bay, 2 September 1945 A30427

Japanese Surrender at Tokyo Bay, 2 September 1945 General Umezu Yoshijiro signs the surrender on behalf of the Imperial Japanese Army on board USS MISSOURI in Tokyo Bay.

Japanese Surrender at Tokyo Bay, 2 September 1945 A30428

Japanese Surrender at Tokyo Bay, 2 September 1945 General of the Army, Douglas MacArthur reads the surrender terms to the Japanese representatives on board USS MISSOURI in Tokyo Bay.

Signing of the Japanese Surrender at Singapore, 1945 CF719

Signing of the Japanese Surrender at Singapore, 1945 General Itagaki and other senior Japanese officers are escorted into the Municipal Buildings in Singapore for the surrender ceremony.

The Far East- Singapore, Malaya and Hong Kong 1939 - 1945 A30558

The Far East- Singapore, Malaya and Hong Kong 1939 - 1945 Prisoners of war and internees at Stanley Civil Internment Camp, Hong Kong, who were tortured and executed by the Japanese, inscribed their names and da... More

The Far East- Singapore, Malaya and Hong Kong 1939-1945 SE4995

The Far East- Singapore, Malaya and Hong Kong 1939-1945 Liberation and Repatriation August - September 1945: Major General Okada signs the surrender document at Government House, Hong Kong, on behalf of the Jap... More

The Far East- Singapore, Malaya and Hong Kong 1939-1945 SE4999

The Far East- Singapore, Malaya and Hong Kong 1939-1945 Liberation and Repatriation August - September 1945: Rear Admiral C M J Harcourt, the commander of the British Task Force which liberated Hong Kong signs ... More

The Imperial Japanese Diet, Tokyo - the House of Representatives Art.I...

The Imperial Japanese Diet, Tokyo - the House of Representatives image: a view looking down at someone giving a speech in front of a full main floor of The Imperial Japanese Diet, viewed from a balcony above. I... More

The Second World War 1939 - 1945- the War in the Far East 1941 - 1945 ...

The Second World War 1939 - 1945- the War in the Far East 1941 - 1945 Men of the Devonshire Regiment sign their autographs on Japanese flags captured at Nippon Ridge during the Battle of Imphal-Kohima, March - ... More