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| Actor Danny Kaye entertains 5th Marine Division at Sasebo, Japan Actor Danny Kaye well known stage and screen star, entertains 5th Marine Division occupation troops at Sasebo, Japan. The crude sign across the front of the stage says: "Officers keep out! Enlisted men's country." October 25, 1945. Pfc. H. J. Grimm. (Marine Corps) |
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| Actress Marlene Dietrich with wounded troops, Belgium Marlene Dietrich motion picture actress, autographs the cast on the leg of Tec 4 Earl D. McFarland of Cavider of Texas, at a United States hospital in Belgium, where she has been entertaining the GIs. November 24, 1944. Tuttle. (Army) |
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| Allies grand-strategy conference in North Africa Allies grand-strategy conference in N. Africa. Adm. E. J. King, Mr. Churchill; President Roosevelt; Standing, Maj. Gen. Sir Hastings Ismay; Lord Louis Mountbatten; and Field Marshall Sir John Dill. 1943. |
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| Betty Hutton eating chow with the troops, Marshall Islands Betty Hutton visits the chow hall with sailors and Marines in the Marshall Islands, peering over the screen star's shoulder is Virginia Carrol dancer with the Hutton troupe. December 1944. |
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| Bing Crosby sings at "Stage Door Canteen" Piccadilly, London Actor and radio star Bing Crosby sings to Allied troops at the opening of the London "Stage Door Canteen" in Piccadilly, London, England. August 31, 1944. |
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| Brigadier General James Roosevelt Brigadier General James Roosevelt. |
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| Churchill & Montgomery inspecting the Siegfried Line Churchill visited the American Ninth Army, which formed a part of Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery's Twenty-first Army Group. Shown here are Churchill, Montgomery, Chief of the Imperial General Staff Alan Brooke, and the Ninth Army's commander, General William H. Simpson. These men are inspecting "dragon's teeth" anti-tank defenses of the Siegfried Line (West Wall) inside the borders of Germany. March 1945 |
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| Conference of "The Big Three" at Yalta Conference of "The Big Three" at Yalta makes final plans for the defeat of Germany, here "The Big Three" sit on the patio together, Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Premier Josef Stalin. February 1945. |
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| Correspondents interview "Tokyo Rose" Correspondents interview "Tokyo Rose" Iva Toguri, American-born Japanese. September 20, 1945. |
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| Edward J. Steichen filming on aircraft carrier Edward J. Steichen photographic expert on island platform studies his surrounding for one of his outstanding photographs of life aboard an aircraft carrier. Steichen held the rank of Comdr. at this time. Photo by Lt. Victor Jorgensen. (Navy ) |
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| Eisenhower, Bradley and Patton inspects stolen art, Germany General Dwight D. Eisenhower Supreme Allied Commander is accompanied by General Omar N. Bradley and General George S. Patton inspects art treasures stolen by Germans and hildden in salt mine in Germany. April 12, 1945. Lt. Moore. (Army) |
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| FDR in conference with MacArthur, Nimitz and Leahy President Franklin D. Roosevelt in conference with Gen. D. MacArthur, Adm. Chester Nimitz, Adm. W. D. Leahy, while on tour in Hawaiian Islands. 1944. (Navy) |
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| FDR signing the declaration of war President Franklin D. Rossevelt signing the declaration of war against Japan, December 8, 1941. |
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| Field hospital nurses arrive in France Nurses of a field hospital who arrived in France via England and Egypt after three years service. August 12, 1944. Sgt. Parker. (Army Surgeon General) |
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| General Dwight D. Eisenhower General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander, at his headquarters in the European theather of operations. He wears the five-star cluster of the newly-created rank of General of the Army. February 1, 1945. T4c. Tim Messerlin. (Army) |
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| General Dwight D. Eisenhower with soldiers from Company E, 502d on "D-Day" Gen Dwight D Eisenhower gives the order of the Day. "Full victory - nothing else" to paratroopers in England, just before they board their airplanes to participate in the first assault in the invasion of the continent of Europe. Some of the men with Gen Eisenhower are presumed to be: Pfc William Boyle, Cpl Hans Sannes, Pfc Ralph Pombano, Pfc SW Jackson, Sgt Delbert Williams, Cpl William E Hayes, Pfc Henry Fuller, Pfc Michael Babich and Pfc W William Noll. All are members of Co E, 502d. The other men shown on the photo are not identified. 6 June 1944. |
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| General Eisenhower visits General Montgomery field H.Q. in Normandy General Dwight Eisenhower visits General Bernard Montgomery at his field headquarter in Normandy, France. June 9, 1944. |
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| General George Patton General George Smith Patton Jr. (Rare color photo) |
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| General George Patton in Los Angeles, June 9, 1945 General George S. Patton acknowledging the cheers of the welcoming crowds in Los Angeles, during his visit on June 9, 1945. |
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| General Mcauliffe with the 101st "Market Garden" Brig. Gen. Anthony C. Mcauliffe, artillery commander of the 101st Airborne Division, gives his various glider pilots and soldiers last minute instructions before the take-off "Market Garden". England, September 17, 1944. John Klosterman. (Army) |
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| General, Anthony McAuliffe commander of 101st Airborne Brigadier General, Anthony C. McAuliffe, Division Artillery commander from the 101st Airborne Division, outside his command post in Bastogne, Belgium. Battle of the Bulge, December 22, 1944. |
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| Marshall Zhukov decorates Field Marshall Montgomery Marshall Zhukov decorates Field Marshall Montgomery with the "Russian Order of Victory". Allied chiefs who attended the cermony at General Eisenhower's Headquarters at Frankfurt are about to drink a toast. June 10, 1945. |
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| Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill Prime Minister Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill of Great Britain, known for his leadership during World War II. He served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. |
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| The Sullivan brothers The five Sullivan brothers, all of whom were lost in the sinking of the U.S.S. Juneau, November 13, 1942. |
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| Top U.S. Generals of World War II Top U.S. Generals of World War II, seated are Simpson, Patton, Spaatz, Ike himself, Bradley, Hodges and Gerow. Standing are Stearley, Vandenberg, Smith, Weyland and Nugent. |
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