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A Killed In Action Telegram (not part of my collection) |
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U.S. Military Cemetary |
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This Marine still clutches the knife he killed the Jap soldier with but was killed before he could take cover on Engebi Island |
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Red Cross Sympathy note with accompanying grave photo |
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Possibly last photo of Ernie Pyle alive and his grave on same roll of film |
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Wrecked hulk of what appears to be a B-29 |
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Burned out Sherman tank in the middle of a street. |
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U.S. Military Cemetary |
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U.S. Military Cemetary |
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Gun salute at Military Cemetary |
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Service at 7th Division Cemetary |
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6 direct hits took out this Sherman whose crew is buried next to it. |
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Allied grave in an unknown jungle |
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American dead on Rendove. He’s checking dogtags for familiar names. |
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Naval postcard. How the Navy honors its dead. |
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4 Dead American GIs lie dead. Note: their boots have been stripped off. |
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St. Laurent-Sur-Mer Cemetary overlooking D-Day shore. 3805 buried here. |
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Poem from family on death notice for KIA Marine. |
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Burial at sea for 3 Marines. |
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Aussie troops laying wreaths on Allied graves. |
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Knocked out Sherman tank. |
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The above photos were taken moments after a German sniper shot a machine gunner in the head. From left to right: The printed statement on the back of the photo. The gunner just after he was shot. A fellow GI crawling over to see if there anything can be done for him. A GI peers over the balcony; manning the machine gun.
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A dead crewman from a shot down B-17 bomber |
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A fallen Marine lies in an Iwo Jima shell hole. |
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A fallen Coast Guard man killed at his station. |
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A row of glider infantry man next to their crashed glider. |
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U.S. Military Cemetary |
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A destroyed jeep and its dead crew lying on the beach. |
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A fallen soldier lying on the beach. |
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The wreckage of a shot down B-17 |
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American and German dead lie covered in field awaiting burial. |