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WWII: Europe: Wetzlar, Germany; "Sgt. Edward Hill, Manchester, England, captured five years ago at Dunkerque was freed when American Seventh Armored Division, First Army captured Dulag-Luft POW Camp""Sgt. Edward Hill, Manchester, England, captured five years ago at Dunkerque was freed when American Seventh Armored Division, First Army captured…
JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR, ISHIKAWA, OKINAWA
INDIA ARMS AND ABUSES IN INDIAN PUNJAB AND KASHMIRAlthough the Indian governments crackdown in Punjab has largely crushed militant activity for the time being, arms are still widely dispersed among…
INDIAN GOVERNMENT TAKES OVER A STATE SWEPT BY RELIGIOUS STRIFEThe central Government dismissed the Punjab state government Thursday night and took direct control of the state in an attempt to halt more than a…
JEWISH PARACHUTIST HANNAH SZENES WITH HER BROTHERJewish parachutist Hannah Szenes with her brother, before leaving for a rescue mission.
Between 1943 and 1945, a group of Jewish men and women…
VICTIMS' SHOES AT MAJDANEKA Soviet soldier walks through a mound of victims' shoes piled outside a warehouse in Majdanek soon after the liberation. Majdanek, Poland
Women: There's work to be done and a war to be won ... Now! See your U.S. Employment Service / / Vernon Grant for OWI.Cartoon showing women constructing the word "Women" and working on a jeep.
Ann CaracristiA photograph of Ann Caracristi, a cryptanalyst who worked as a code breaker during World War II. She later became the first female deputy director of…
Wreckage of USS Utah laying in the mud at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii b&w film copy neg.The USS Utah is depicted as it's wreckage has come ashore in the hours following the bombings of Pearl Harbor. A desolate tone is set by the…
Baseball game, Manzanar Relocation CenterJapanese people finding time for extracurricular entertainment at the internment camps following Pearl Harbor.