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Women selling war bonds in Greensboro, 1942

Photo Credit: Greensboro History Museum Women sell war bonds from a booth located at the corner of Elm Street in downtown Greensboro, N.C. in December 1942.

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Thanksgiving at the Hollywood Canteen, 1943

Photo Credit: Los Angeles Public Library A large Thanksgiving turkey sits in back of the snack bar while the G.I.’s crowd to be served, November 26, 1943.

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Smoke pouring out of the USS Arizona, 1941

Photo Credit: National Archives Smoke pours from USS Arizona on Battleship Row during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7. 1941. Also visible are USS California, listing at left, USS Maryland,...

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Women chopping down a Christmas tree, 1942

Photo Credit: University of California, Berkeley Women chopping down Christmas tree at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center in Wyoming, 1942.

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Opening a Red Cross Christmas package, 1943

Photo Credit: US Army Signal Corp Corporal Frank Abrashinsky of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, somewhere in New Guinea, opening his Red Cross Christmas package on January 3, 1943.

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Creating a Christmas tree in Marshall Islands, 1944

Photo Credit: National Archives “There wasn’t any fragrant pine or mistletoe or drifting snow, but the two blue-jackets pictured here were able to capture the Christmas spirit under the towering palms...

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Barbara Britton promoting War Bonds as stocking stuffers, 1940s

Barbara Britton, an film and television actress, promoting the purchase of War Bonds as Christmas gifts in this promotional photo from the 1940s.

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Soldiers and civilians celebrating the New Year, 1942

Soldiers and civilians celebrating the New Year in a nightclub, 1942.

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“To Hitler from Kate”, 1943

American singer Kate Smith paints the message ‘To Hitler from Kate’ on the side of a torpedo at a US Navy submarine base in New London, Connecticut, ca. 1943.

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Dachau detainees after liberation, 1945

Detainees from Dachau concentration camp gathering at the former place of roll call after the liberation by American soldiers in 1945

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Rodeo on the bank of the Rhine River, 1945

Infantrymen of the 28th Division, U.S. First Army, stage a rodeo on the bank of the Rhine River at Karlick, Germany, while shells are bursting a few miles away on the opposite side of the river on...

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D-Day in Pictures: Part IX

D-Day in Pictures: Part ID-Day in Pictures: Part IID-Day in Pictures: Part IIID-Day in Pictures: Part IVD-Day in Pictures: Part VD-Day in Pictures: Part VID-Day in Pictures: Part VII D-Day in...

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‘Victory Boys’ send a message, 1943

The ‘Victory Boys’ from Camp Patrick Henry spell out “Victory in ’43” on their shaved heads.

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U.S. Coast Guard marching in a 4th of July parade, 1942

Columns of U.S. Coast Guard marching in Independence Day parade up Fifth Avenue past Saks Fifth Avenue dept. store between 49th & 50th Streets (New York City) in 1942.

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Soldiers at the Taj Mahal, 1942

Private First Class John C. Byrom, Jr., of Waco, Texas, trying to catch a goldfish in the marble-lined pool at the approach to the Taj Mahal. Observing are Corporal Anthony J. Scopelliti and Private...

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