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Japanese Destroyer Under Attack

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Description: Aerial view of a Japanese destroyer under United States air attack.
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Returning From World War II

Date: 1946
Description: A view of the ship upon which Lewis Arms traveled home after World War II. Arms does not appear in this image.
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Going Home

Date: 1946
Description: Soldiers waiting to board ship for their return home after World War II.
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Cattaro

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Description: Open air kitchen on the mole.
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Wounded Men Disembarking from Hospital Ship

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Description: Wounded soldiers are led from the USS Samaritan, a hospital ship.
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Loading Wounded Soldier onto Ship

Date: 1945
Description: Overhead view of men loading a wounded soldier onto a hospital ship.
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Marines Using Crawler Tractor on Landing Craft

Date: 1944
Description: U.S. Marines using an International TD-9 diesel TracTracTor (crawler tractor) with a Bucyrus Erie shovel on an LCM (Landing Craft, Materiel) at Roi during ...
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Wounded on the USS Samaritan

Date: 1945
Description: A badly wounded Sergent Frank W. Mrocykowski resting aboard the USS Samaritan. His head and eye are bandaged.
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The Ships are Coming

Date: 1917
Description: Poster with an illustration of a bird's-eye view of a large bald eagle flying over a convoy of ships, which are headed towards a fire or explosion over the...
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Austrian Field Kitchen

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Description: Austrian field kitchen being loaded onto a ship, in Skutari. Mobile field kitchens were often, jokingly, nicknamed "goulash cannons."
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Hospital Ship USS Samaritan

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Description: Deck of the hospital ship USS Samaritan at sea. There are various forms of bedding and mattresses airing out on the railings and on the deck.
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Hospital Ship on the River

Date: 1914
Description: Hospital ship for the wounded on the River Spree, in Berlin, which was visited by the Empress.
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Milne Bay

Date: 08 11 1943
Description: A view of Milne Bay, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea), from the sea. A ship can be seen on the right, at the shoreline.
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On Guard on the Sultan Javus Selim

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Description: On guard on the battlecruiser Sultan Javus Selim (Sultan Selim the Grim).
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Washing Decks on the Sultan Javus Selim

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Description: Washing the decks on the battlecruiser Sultan Javus Selim.
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American Shipbuilding Company

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Description: A man is standing in front of huge blocks of ice at the American Shipbuilding Company. The ship "War Otter" is in the background. A large chunk of ice tied...
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Lieutenant Commander Aboard USS Relief

Date: 04 1945
Description: Lieutenant Commander J.C. Server, from the United States Navy Reserve, poses for a photograph aboard the USS Relief in the China Sea. He is wearing ...
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Smiling Wounded Soldier

Date: 1945
Description: Second Lieutenant Louis Connick smiling for a photograph aboard USS Samaritan, a hospital ship. He is lying in a bed and holding a cigarette. He is ...
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Nurse Feeding Wounded Man

Date: 1945
Description: A nurse aboard the USS Samaritan feeding a wounded soldier. The man is sitting up in bed as the nurse is raising a fork full of food to his mouth. T...
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Wounded Men on the USS Samaritan

Date: 1945
Description: Private First Class George Pantaloni in a plaster cast aboard the USS Samaritan. He is lying in a cot and smiling. Behind him are more cots with oth...

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