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Battle of Chickamauga, 1863

Date: 1925
Description: "Battle of Chickamauga," an oil painting depicting a dramatic moment in the Battle of Chickamauga, painted by Alfred Thorsen after the lithograph. "Charge ...
Photograph

Stern of USS West Virginia

Date: 12 07 1941
Description: Sailors clear the stern of the battleship USS West Virginia in berth F-6 at Pearl Harbor, most likely after it was hit by at least a few of the 7 to...
Photograph

Ruins of the USS Cassin and USS Downes

Date: 12 07 1941
Description: The remains of the USS Cassin and the USS Downes floating in front of the USS Pennsylvania in dock at Pearl Harbor. On the left is th...
Photograph

Rescuing the USS West Virginia

Date: 12 07 1941
Description: Sailors in a motor launch attempt a rescue of survivors from the water alongside the sunken battleship USS West Virginia during or shortly after the...
Poster

Buy War Bonds for Fighting Power Today

Date: 1943
Description: Treasury Design No. 25, "Blue Prints." The poster features two contrasting scenes. On the left is an explosive battle scene in shades of dark blue. On the ...
Photograph

Japanese Prisoners at Iwo Jima

Date: 1945
Description: Three Japanese prisoners from the battle of Iwo Jima stand amongst American soldiers on a boat.
Photograph

Iwo Jima on D-Day

Date: 02 19 1945
Description: Marines on the beach and military boats, including an LSM 242, in the water at Iwo Jima.
Photograph

Marines on Iwo Jima

Date: 1945
Description: Elevated view of marines Private Richard Klatt, of North Fond du Lac, Wisconsin (left), and Private First Class Wilfred Voegeli, as they set fire to brush ...
Print

Repulse of the Highlanders

Date: 1985
Description: Painting depicting the Battle of New Orleans, fought on 8 January 1815. In the upper corner of the painting Major General Andrew Jackson is shown at the to...
Photograph

American Warship

Date: 12 26 1943
Description: Elevated view from aboard ship looking down on a soldier in a turret operating a range finder. These warships were participating in the heavy bombardment o...
Photograph

Navigation Instruments on an American Warship

Date: 12 26 1943
Description: Navigation instruments on an American cruiser were checked by Lieutenant Commander Leonard Meyer of Appleton. Three other crew members are nearby. The crui...
Photograph

Warships Near Cape Gloucester

Date: 12 26 1943
Description: Elevated view looking down towards deck of an American cruiser leaving the base heading for the bombardment of Cape Gloucester, New Britain, New Guinea (pr...
Photograph

Plane Spotters Burg and Dawson

Date: 12 26 1943
Description: Seaman 2nd Class Jerry Burg (left) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Seaman 2nd Class Harold Dawson of Toledo, Ohio, man the plane spotting station on an Americ...
Photograph

Soldiers Pushing Jeep

Date: 01 02 1944
Description: Soldiers push a jeep that is stuck on the rocky beach at the Saidor landing. The open front of the LST (Landing Ship, Tank) is on the left. Another LST can...
Photograph

Soldiers with Jeep View Smoke from Brest

Date: 09 08 1944
Description: View of distant smoke from the battle surrounding Brest, France. In the foreground, soldiers are parked in a large field with an air support radio jeep. Th...
Photograph

Chinese National Marine Firing a Gun

Date: 1961
Description: View from behind of a Chinese National Marine firing a gun at night in Laos.
Photograph

Ruins of a Serbian Train Station

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian soldiers waiting along near railroad tracks in the ruins of a Serbian train station.
Photograph

Customs Building in Sabac

Date: 1914
Description: Slightly elevated view of soldiers and civilians near the damaged Customs Building. Broken furniture and rubble is piled in front of the building. There ar...
Photograph

Austrian Soldiers Shoot at an Airplane

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian soldiers shooting at an airplane somewhere in Galicia.
Photograph

German Soldiers Carrying Wounded Soldier

Date: 1915
Description: German soldiers are carrying a wounded Austrian soldier over a narrow bridge in Galicia.

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