“Field Name: Diane”
On September 30, 1944, Virginia Hall wrote this report about her resistance work in German-occupied France. Hall worked for the Office of Strategic Services training,...
Fierce combat
An unknown U.S. Marine is photographed in action at Peleliu Island in September 1944. 1,500 Marines died in the bloody battle, fought to secure the right flank of the...
Fire!
This photograph shows the USS Nevada providing naval gunfire support for the troops storming Omaha and Utah beaches in Normandy. During the first 3 days of the...
Flying deep into Germany
This chart outlines the routes to and from the targets of the first American deep-penetration bombing raid of World War II: the ball-bearing factories of Schweinfurt...
Freed but not saved
On April 28, 1945, the Army Signal Corps photographed these internees at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany 13 days after their liberation by the...
Friend or foe?
Allied paratroopers received toy crickets like this one, which sent out a recognizable click that was used as a challenge and password. After landing on the ground,...
General decorates soldier
Private First Class Edward M. Palys, wearing the armband of a medic, received the Silver Star for gallantry in action while serving with the Fifth Army in Italy. This...