Category: WWII

Relive the era of World War II through powerful vintage photographs. See the bravery, sorrow, and determination that defined the global conflict.
Each photo reveals human stories from the frontlines, the home front, and the aftermath that shaped our world.

#28 A scene from the Bond Sales Drive by the Army, Navy, and Civic Clubs, on 6th Avenue N in downtown Nashville.

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#16 Post-Pearl Harbor training and patrol in Hawaii, early 1942.

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#12 Italian-Americans watching parade on Mott Street and flag raising ceremony in honor of boys from the neighborhood in the United States Army, New York, New York, 1942

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#28 Sunday crowds are so great at the municipal swimming pool that long lines form awaiting their turn, Washington, D.C., July 1942

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#44 Mexican agricultural laborers who have come to help harvest beets eating their lunch, Stockton, California, May 1943

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#10 A worker welds a floor to a vertical keel

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#26 Erecting bottom shell plates

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#2 Shown are WACs of the 2nd War Company, Norfolk Air Base, Barracks A, HRPE, seated around a Christmas tree with their mascot dog.

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#18 US 5th Armored Regiment tankers gathering around a fire and opening Christmas presents, near Eupen, 30 december 1944; note M4 Sherman tank.

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#34 Christmas Preparations on Board the Aircraft Carrier HMS Victorious at Scapa Flow, 17 December 1941.

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