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Invasion Road. U.S. Coast Guardsmen and Marines build a temporary causeway as the invasion of Cape Gloucester, New Britain, gets underway.

The USS Arizona and its crew attempted to make an escape into the open ocean but their efforts were promptly curtailed as Japanese bombers swiftly eliminated that threat. 60 of the crew members of the USS Arizona succumbed to injuries incurred…

The Allied Counter Attack 25 December 1944 - 28 January 1945: American soldiers dig hasty foxholes in snow covered terrain as enemy fire opens up near Berismenil. A dead soldier lies in the foreground.

American propaganda film on how Germany indoctrinates its children.

Daffy Duck explains the importance of donating scrap metal and later fights off a Nazi goat sent by Adolf Hitler to destroy the scrap pile.

Jewish refugee children, part of a Children's Transport (Kindertransport) from Germany, soon after arriving in Harwich. Great Britain, December 2, 1938.

99.Photograph. M4 Sherman tank moving up hill on muddy road followed by 2 ton truck filled with GIs. Further down the road another tank and another wheeled vehicle can barely be seen. Smoke in background. Italy. 1944-45

Jewish refugees in Shanghai look for names of relatives and friends who may have survived the war. Awaiting repatriation, these displaced persons were under United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration care. China

Black and white photographic print depicting an aerial view of Willow Run, facing east. In the background is the airport. In the foreground is worker housing and a house along the water.
Caption reads: Ford's Willow Run bomber factory, shown here as…