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War Production Board poster (WPB). "Beware Jap-Germs." This is one of a series of "Jap-Germs" posters that were spread through the Westinghouse plant at Bloomfield, New Jersey, under the auspices of the labor-management committee. The two-headed figure, the Jap-Germ, was featured in all posters of the series which warned against sabotage and encouraged the objectives of the war production drive

War Production Board poster (WPB). "Beware Jap-Germs." This is one of ...

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Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. A year ago this woman was keeping house; today she is doing her part in the war effort by helping build B-25 bombers at North American Aviation's Inglewood, California, plant. In addition to the battle-tested B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, this plant produces the P-51 "Mustang" fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. A year ago this woman was k...

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Los Angeles, California. Prices advertised at stores in Little Tokyo, before the evacuation of Japanese from West coast areas under United States Army war emergency orders

Los Angeles, California. Prices advertised at stores in Little Tokyo, ...

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Japan floods Malaya with fake money

Japan floods Malaya with fake money

Photograph shows a five dollar bill issued after Japan invaded Malaysia. British official photograph: KF.33A. Forms part of: FSA/OWI Collection (Library of Congress).

Los Angeles County, California. Japanese arriving at the Santa Anita reception center for Japanese evacuated under United States Army war emergency order

Los Angeles County, California. Japanese arriving at the Santa Anita r...

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Captured Japanese submarine. A Japanese vest-pocket sub, captured from the Japs after the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, is being utilized in a plan to sell war bonds and stamps in various communities throughout the States. The sub, which requires only a two-man crew, is shown here as it appeared in Vallejo, California. The purchase of a war stamp or bond entitles the buyer to a peek at the inside of the vessel

Captured Japanese submarine. A Japanese vest-pocket sub, captured from...

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Fighter pilot interviewed after escape. Left to right: Jack Jarrel, INS correspondent; Captain Jesse Carney, 14th Air Force fighter pilot, Hoylwan, Oklahoma; Riley O'Sullivan, Associated Press war correspondent interviewing Captain Carney after successful escape from Japanese-occupied Burma. Carney is holding a pistol given him by the Chinese

Fighter pilot interviewed after escape. Left to right: Jack Jarrel, IN...

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This section of Osaka, Japan was levelled by fire-bomb attacks by Superfortresses in a long series of heavy raids during the months that preceded Japan's capitulation / Credit U.S. Army A.A.F. photo, Wash. D.C.

This section of Osaka, Japan was levelled by fire-bomb attacks by Supe...

Aerial view of Osaka, Japan after firebombing. Ira Clarence Eaker Collection. No. 58495 A.C.

Bomb damage in Osaka, Japan. Public domain, Post-war Japan.

Bomb damage in Osaka, Japan. Public domain, Post-war Japan.

Aerial view of Osaka after bombing, showing bomb craters. Photograph by U.S. Army Air Forces. No. C-58589. Ira Clarence Eaker collection.

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Ulakta Head Fixed Defense Battery Command Post No. 1, Unalaska, Aleutian Islands, AK

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Ulakta Head Fixed Defe...

Significance: Jointly operated by the Army and the Navy, this installation served part of the need for coastal defense. Following the Japanese raids of June 1942, the belief was prevalent that Japan would inva... More

Wendover Air Force Base, South of Interstate 80, Wendover, Tooele County, UT

Wendover Air Force Base, South of Interstate 80, Wendover, Tooele Coun...

Significance: The history of Wendover Airport spans a period of 50 years, and has gained historical recognition due to the critical role it played during World War II. During World War II events at Wendover pro... More

HIYEI -- Japan. Warship photograph collection

HIYEI -- Japan. Warship photograph collection

Photograph shows the Hiei an Imperial Japanese Navy warship which served during World War I and World War II. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

This North American B-25 bomber, similar to the type used to bomb Tokyo, has established a unique combat record in several war theaters. Lieutenant General Henry H. Arnold, deputy chief of staff for air, said the B-25 can "go farther, faster, and carry more bombs than the best ships of our enemy"

This North American B-25 bomber, similar to the type used to bomb Toky...

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Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Assembling controls for the United Nations war planes at the Inglewood, California plant of North American Aviation, Incorporated. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Assembling controls for the...

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Los Angeles County, California. Japanese nurserymen selling out their stocks before they are evacuated from West coast areas under United States Army war emergency orders

Los Angeles County, California. Japanese nurserymen selling out their ...

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Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Hundreds of Kirksite and lead dies are stocked in this huge storage area at the Inglewood, California, foundry of North American Aviation, Incorporated. They move from this yard into the adjoining drip hammer department where they are used in forming sheet metal parts for United Nations war planes. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Hundreds of Kirksite and l...

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Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Making final adjustments on an "automatic pilot" which will be mounted in a war plane at the North American Aviation Inglewood, California, plant. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Making final adjustments on...

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Los Angeles, California. The evacuation of Japanese-Americans from West coast areas under United States Army war emergency order. Japanese pack up their belongings as they close their stores in Little Tokyo

Los Angeles, California. The evacuation of Japanese-Americans from Wes...

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[Photograph (framed) of Iwo Jima taken by the crew of the U.S.S. Spearfish on her twelfth war patrol, Nov. 28, to Dec. 2, 1944]

[Photograph (framed) of Iwo Jima taken by the crew of the U.S.S. Spear...

Image has vertical and horizontal markings that may have been from photographing through a scope. Gift; Captain C. C. Cole; March 26, 1954. Exhibited: "War/Photography : Photographs of Armed Conflict and its Af... More

Smoking stacks attract attacks Don't invite disaster / / PvP.

Smoking stacks attract attacks Don't invite disaster / / PvP.

Poster for Thirteenth Naval District, United States Navy, showing smoke coming from smokestack of ship, Japanese submarine in foreground. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Pr... More

Wendover Air Force Base, South of Interstate 80, Wendover, Tooele County, UT

Wendover Air Force Base, South of Interstate 80, Wendover, Tooele Coun...

Significance: The history of Wendover Airport spans a period of 50 years, and has gained historical recognition due to the critical role it played during World War II. During World War II events at Wendover pro... More

War Production Board (WPB) poster. "Slap Happy Jap." This life-size figure of "Slap Happy Jap" has been created by the "Quicker for Victory" campaign of the labor-management committee in the Cleveland warehouse plant. He appears in different departments with varying messages to spur production

War Production Board (WPB) poster. "Slap Happy Jap." This life-size fi...

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Wreckage of USS Arizona, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, December 7, 1941

Wreckage of USS Arizona, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, December 7, 1941

Official U.S. Navy photograph. No. 8967. Z 75685. Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire, during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public do... More

Alaska - death-trap for the Jap / Grigware.

Alaska - death-trap for the Jap / Grigware.

Poster for Thirteenth Naval District, United States Navy, showing a rat representing Japan, approaching a mousetrap labeled "Army Navy Civilian," on a background map of the state of Alaska. Title transcribed fr... More

Stricken from the air. Testifying to the extent of the Japanese sneak attacks are these three stricken U.S. battleships. Left to right: U.S.S. West Virginia, severely damaged; U.S.S. Tennessee, damaged; and U.S.S. Arizona, sunk

Stricken from the air. Testifying to the extent of the Japanese sneak ...

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Los Angeles, California. The evacuation of Japanese-Americans from West coast areas under United States Army war emergency order. Sign on a cleaning shop in Little Tokyo

Los Angeles, California. The evacuation of Japanese-Americans from Wes...

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Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Older men are playing a more and more important part in war production. An elderly employee of North American Aviation, Incorporated, turns out a heavy quota of sheet metal parts for war planes on a hand press at the Inglewood, California plant. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Older men are playing a mor...

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Axis propaganda. "Mistress of Three Oceans" is the boasting title of this picture layout in this Japanese propaganda magazine which Elmer Davis, director of the Office of War information, displayed on March 6, 1943. Mr. Davis explained how the OWI is fighting this propaganda in neutral countries

Axis propaganda. "Mistress of Three Oceans" is the boasting title of t...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Wendover Air Force Base, South of Interstate 80, Wendover, Tooele County, UT

Wendover Air Force Base, South of Interstate 80, Wendover, Tooele Coun...

Significance: The history of Wendover Airport spans a period of 50 years, and has gained historical recognition due to the critical role it played during World War II. During World War II events at Wendover pro... More

Salvage scrap to blast the jap / PvP.

Salvage scrap to blast the jap / PvP.

Poster for Thirteenth Naval District, United States Navy, showing a snake representing Japan being bombed by an eagle. Title transcribed from item. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Con... More

War production drive poster. "Save, Serve, Suggest." This is one of a series of "Jap-Germ" posters that were spread through the Westinghouse plant at Bloomfield, New Jersey, under the auspices of the labor-management committee. The two-headed figure, the Jap-Germ, was featured in all posters of the series which warned against sabotage and encouraged the objective of the war production drive

War production drive poster. "Save, Serve, Suggest." This is one of a ...

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Four A-bombed bottles from Hiroshima

Four A-bombed bottles from Hiroshima

This catalog record contains preliminary data. Gift; Elin O'Hara Slavick 2014; (DLC/PP-2014:065). Was AP 1255.

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Partial view of North American Aviation's B-25 final assembly floor at Inglewood, California. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Partial view of North Ameri...

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Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. This North American B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bomber, similar to the type used to bomb Tokyo, has established an unique combat record in several theaters of war. Lieutenant General Henry H. Arnold, Deputy Chief of Staff for Air said the B-25 can "go farther, faster and carry more bombs than the best ships of our enemy." The plane is flying near the Inglewood, California, plant in which it was made. In addition to the battle-tested B-25, this plant produces the P-51 "Mustang" fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. This North American B-25 "B...

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Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Sheet aluminum stock in the Inglewood, California, receiving stores department of North American Aviation, Incorporated, is placed on an overhead conveyor platform to be delivered to the material preparation department. These sheets will be fabricated into parts for the United Nations war planes. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Sheet aluminum stock in the...

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Production. Airplane manufacture, general. This worker at North American's Inglewood, California, plant paints the U.S. Army insignia on war planes as they leave the final assembly floor. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. This worker at North Americ...

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Grave of a Japanese aviator in the South Pacific theater of war

Grave of a Japanese aviator in the South Pacific theater of war

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LSM's (r) sending rockets at shores of Pokishi Shima, near Okinawa, five days before invasion

LSM's (r) sending rockets at shores of Pokishi Shima, near Okinawa, fi...

Rockets being fired from ships. Photograph by U.S. Navy. No. USN 324262. Joseph J. Spagnola Collection.

[Second atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan]

[Second atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan]

Official U.S. Army Air Force photograph. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1995, p. 268.

First atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan by B-29 superfortresses on August 6, 1945

First atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan by B-29 superfortresses on Au...

"Official photograph furnished by Headquarters, A.A.F. AC/AS-2" stamped on back of print. "If published credit U.S. Army, A.A.F. photo" stamped on back of print. Photo number: A-58914 AC. Forms part of the Nat... More

[Two Japanese soldiers on guard with the barrel of large gun in the foreground]

[Two Japanese soldiers on guard with the barrel of large gun in the fo...

Copy photograph from filmstrip no. 30-1. No. 24. Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire, during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public do... More

War production drive poster. "Exhaust the Big Inflated Jap." This poster was very effective because it made use of the product--exhausts--made by the section of the Westinghouse factory in which it was displayed. The labor-management committee kept it up to date with production figures

War production drive poster. "Exhaust the Big Inflated Jap." This post...

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Last days at Singapore. Japanese empire during World War Two.

Last days at Singapore. Japanese empire during World War Two.

Photograph shows bird's-eye view of Singapore during a Japanese air raid.

Press conference with General Chu Shih-Ming. On the fifth anniversary of the Chinese-Japanese War, Major General Chu Shih-Ming, Military Attache of the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C., held a press conference. He emphasized the Chinese commandos' contribution in the war, discussed the international situation

Press conference with General Chu Shih-Ming. On the fifth anniversary ...

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Los Angeles, California. The evacuation of Japanese and Japanese-Americans from West coast areas, under United States Army war emergency order. Stores of Japanese in Little Tokyo are closed as the owners are evacuated

Los Angeles, California. The evacuation of Japanese and Japanese-Ameri...

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Pearl Harbor bombing. Wrecked seaplane. One of the 80 U.S. Navy planes wrecked by Japanese bombs and bullets during the air attacks on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. The plane was an OS2U, an Observation Scout built by Vought-Sikorsky

Pearl Harbor bombing. Wrecked seaplane. One of the 80 U.S. Navy planes...

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Production. Airplane manufacture, general. The fabric department at Inglewood, California, plant of North American Aviation is the only department that had women employees before the war. Here, women sew the covering and control surface parts for bomber and fighter planes. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. The fabric department at In...

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All-American news. 1945-08, no. 1

All-American news. 1945-08, no. 1

All-American news were the first newsreels produced for a black audience. Made in the 1940s and 1950s, they were originally intended to encourage black Americans to participate in, and support the war effort, a... More

[Crowd of people, many waving, in Times Square on V-J Day at time of announcement of the Japanese surrender in 1945] / World-Telegram photo by Dick DeMarsico.

[Crowd of people, many waving, in Times Square on V-J Day at time of a...

NYWT&S staff photo. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curato... More

Pre-strike aerial view of Hiroshima [...]

Pre-strike aerial view of Hiroshima [...]

Date stamped on verso: Jun 26 1946. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection. Official U.S. Army photo.

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Ulakta Head Fixed Defense Battery Command Post No. 1, Unalaska, Aleutian Islands, AK

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Ulakta Head Fixed Defe...

Significance: Jointly operated by the Army and the Navy, this installation served part of the need for coastal defense. Following the Japanese raids of June 1942, the belief was prevalent that Japan would inva... More

The Jap way - cold-blooded murder We'll make them pay if you keep up production.

The Jap way - cold-blooded murder We'll make them pay if you keep up p...

Two Japanese soldiers with blindfolded, captured American pilot. Title transcribed from item. Promotional goal: U.S. J71. 1943. GPO no. 1943-O-556099. I.S.D. no. 101.

[Two Japanese soldiers on guard with the barrel of large gun in the foreground]

[Two Japanese soldiers on guard with the barrel of large gun in the fo...

Copy photograph from filmstrip no. 30-1. No. 24. Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire, during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public do... More

Secretary of State at the White House. Washington, D.C., Aug. 19. Secretary of State Cordell Hull is frequently a caller at the White House these days in order to keep the president informed of the China-Japan war situation

Secretary of State at the White House. Washington, D.C., Aug. 19. Secr...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Packages for prisoners of war and internees. A Red Cross Canteen worker, Miss Mary Dougherty, inspects a Red Cross food package going to an American prisoner of war. Packages like this are sent regularly from International Red Cross headquarters in Geneva to American prisoners of war and interned civilians held by Germany and Italy. One a week goes to each American prisoner of war whose capture and location have been reported and one every two weeks to each interned civilian. Twenty thousand such packages were sent to the Far East on the neutral diplomatic exchange ship Gripsholm last June, together with one million cigarettes and other supplies for American prisoners and internees in Japan, occupied China and the Philippines. Much larger quantities are now on the Gripsholm pending final clearance with the Japanese for her sailing on a second trip

Packages for prisoners of war and internees. A Red Cross Canteen worke...

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Disaster Broadcast receivers can help the enemy sink you : Don't use them! / / ETG.

Disaster Broadcast receivers can help the enemy sink you : Don't use t...

Poster for Thirteenth Naval District, United States Navy, showing Japanese and German submarines and planes targeting a ship on the horizon. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). No. 16.

Los Angeles, California. A store in Little Tokyo

Los Angeles, California. A store in Little Tokyo

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Sonoma County, California. One of the buildings at winery. This vineyard and winery was established by Russian colonists, later was run by the Japanese, is now being operated by naturalized Germans

Sonoma County, California. One of the buildings at winery. This vineya...

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Los Angeles, California. The evacuation of Japanese-Americans from the West coast areas under United States Army war emergency order. Evacuation prices advertised in stores in Little Tokyo

Los Angeles, California. The evacuation of Japanese-Americans from the...

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Production. Ventura bombers. When these birds of war are full fledged they will be assigned to chores in which Tokyo, Berlin, and Rome will have an active and painful interest. These planes in the jigs of a large Western aircraft plant are Ventura bombers in the making. Overhead cranes move the ships from station to station of the assembly line. Vega Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, California

Production. Ventura bombers. When these birds of war are full fledged ...

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Battle-scarred typewriter. Veteran of World War II, this typewriter has been through a Japanese bombing at sea. Everything in the room in which it was located was completely demolished except the typewriter, including the table on which it was standing. Note damaged carriage--the result of a bomb

Battle-scarred typewriter. Veteran of World War II, this typewriter ha...

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Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Sheet metal parts for United Nations war planes are best treated in great ovens as quickly as they are formed on the hydraulic and toggle presses at the Inglewood, California plant of North American Aviation, Incorporated. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Sheet metal parts for Unite...

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Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Stacks of vital aluminum in the Inglewood, California, plant of North American Aviation, Incorporated. From the receiving department they will be delivered to the proper departments for fabrication into war planes for the United Nations. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Stacks of vital aluminum in...

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A burning building along Taft Avenue which was hit during the Japanese air raid in Barrio, Paranque, December 13, 1941, the Philippine Islands

A burning building along Taft Avenue which was hit during the Japanese...

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Letter, Franklin D. Roosevelt to J. Robert Oppenheimer thanking the physicist and his colleagues for their ongoing secret atomic research, 29 June 1943

Letter, Franklin D. Roosevelt to J. Robert Oppenheimer thanking the ph...

Reproduction number: A70 (color slide; pages 1-2) In the midst of World War II when the United States was engaged abroad in a major conflict with Germany and Japan, it was also working furiously at home toward ... More

Nagasaki, Japan under atomic bomb attack / U.S. Army A.A.F. photo.

Nagasaki, Japan under atomic bomb attack / U.S. Army A.A.F. photo.

Photograph shows atomic bomb mushroom cloud over Nagasaki. No. A-58450 AC.

Smoking stacks attract attacks Don't invite disaster / / PvP.

Smoking stacks attract attacks Don't invite disaster / / PvP.

Poster for Thirteenth Naval District, United States Navy, showing smoke coming from smokestack of ship, Japanese submarine in foreground. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Pr... More

Atomic bomb blast - A black and white photo of a mushroom cloud

Atomic bomb blast - A black and white photo of a mushroom cloud

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). To identify this image it may help to search for images that have neighboring call numbers, are similar in appearance, and have titles. There was no ca... More

War heroes to speak to war workers. A heroine of Bataan and a hero of Midway meet at the Capitol to join in Pearl Harbor Day ceremonies. Lieutenant Mary Lohr, Army nurse, of Greenburg, Pennsylvania, recently awarded the Royal Blue Ribbon for gallant service at Bataan, and Lieutenant Robert L. Laub of Richland, Missouri, who received the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism as torpedo bomber pilot in the Battle of Midway, will speak to war workers in about 1800 war plants on December 7. They were selected by the War Production Drive Headquarters of the War Production Board (WPB) to participate with Honorable Joseph C. Grew, former ambassador to Japan, in personal messages for transcription as a feature of Pearl Harbor Day observance, which is being held under auspices of war production Labor-Management Committees

War heroes to speak to war workers. A heroine of Bataan and a hero of ...

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Before Pearl Harbor, ninety-eight percent of our rubber came from Far East. This great source of supply has been cut off as the Malayas, Netherlands, East Indies, Ceylon and other East Indian sources fell, one by one, into Japanese hands. Japan, grasping for world control, hopes to gain it largely through control of the world's rubber supply. Rubber is one of the stakes--and one of the mightiest weapons of modern war

Before Pearl Harbor, ninety-eight percent of our rubber came from Far ...

Actual size of negative is B (approximately 5 x 7 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history for image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Inform... More

Los Angeles County, California. Japanese arriving at the Santa Anita reception center for Japanese evacuated under United States Army war emergency order

Los Angeles County, California. Japanese arriving at the Santa Anita r...

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Warning. Japanese empire during World War Two.

Warning. Japanese empire during World War Two.

Propaganda leaflet dropped in Japan urging civilians to evacuate before being bombed by the United States air force. Captions in Japanese; English language text on verso. Designation: 150-J-1.

The Marifu railyard, 2 miles east of Iwakuni, and 2 miles south of Otaka, Japan, after the bombing raid of 14 August 1945 by B-29 Superforts of the 21st Bomber Command

The Marifu railyard, 2 miles east of Iwakuni, and 2 miles south of Ota...

Aerial view by the U.S. Army Air Forces. No. 59117 AC.

Wendover Air Force Base, South of Interstate 80, Wendover, Tooele County, UT

Wendover Air Force Base, South of Interstate 80, Wendover, Tooele Coun...

Significance: The history of Wendover Airport spans a period of 50 years, and has gained historical recognition due to the critical role it played during World War II. During World War II events at Wendover pro... More

Wendover Air Force Base, South of Interstate 80, Wendover, Tooele County, UT

Wendover Air Force Base, South of Interstate 80, Wendover, Tooele Coun...

Significance: The history of Wendover Airport spans a period of 50 years, and has gained historical recognition due to the critical role it played during World War II. During World War II events at Wendover pro... More

Packages for prisoners of war and internees. A Red Cross Canteen worker, Miss Mary Dougherty, inspects a Red Cross food package going to an American prisoner of war. Packages like this are sent regularly from International Red Cross headquarters in Geneva to American prisoners of war and interned civilians held by Germany and Italy. One a week goes to each American prisoner of war whose capture and location have been reported and one every two weeks to each interned civilian. Twenty thousand such packages were sent to the Far East on the neutral diplomatic exchange ship Gripsholm last June, together with one million cigarettes and other supplies for American prisoners and internees in Japan, occupied China and the Philippines. Much larger quantities are now on the Gripsholm pending final clearance with the Japanese for her sailing on a second trip

Packages for prisoners of war and internees. A Red Cross Canteen worke...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from print in lot and lot catalog card. Transfer; United States. ... More

Manila, the Philippine Islands. In one of the last pictures to leave the Philippines before Manila fell to the Japs, General Douglas MacArthur (left) is shown pinning a Distinguished Service Cross on Captain Jesus A. Villamor, of the Philippine Air Force, for heroism in the air. In the center background is Lieutenant Jack Dale, of the U.S. Army Air Corps, who also received a Distinguished Service Cross. At the same time, a posthumous award of the same medal went to Captain Colin P. Kelly, Jr., who bombed and sank a Jap battleship near Luzon

Manila, the Philippine Islands. In one of the last pictures to leave t...

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Stop and get your free fag bag Careless matches aid the Axis.

Stop and get your free fag bag Careless matches aid the Axis.

Poster encouraging use of "fag bag" for disposal of matches, showing stylized Japanese soldier standing behind a tree with a match, with the rising sun in the background. Work Projects Administration Poster Col... More

Los Angeles, California. Auction sale sign in Little Tokyo. The stocks belong to a Japanese subject to evacuation from West coast areas under United States Army war emergency order

Los Angeles, California. Auction sale sign in Little Tokyo. The stocks...

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Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Two women employees work together with power shears at the Inglewood, California, plant of North American Aviation, Incorporated. They are cutting sheet metal sections that will be formed into parts for bomber and fighter planes. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Two women employees work to...

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Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. Another B-25 bomber takes on its war paint at North American's Inglewood, California, plant. After the Air Force insignia has been applied by the air brush, the paper template is removed. In addition to the battle-tested B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, this plant produces the P-51 "Mustang" fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. Another B-25 bomber takes o...

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Nagasaki, Japan after atomic bombing / U.S. Army A.A.F. photo.

Nagasaki, Japan after atomic bombing / U.S. Army A.A.F. photo.

Aerial view of Nagasaki, Japan after atomic bombing. Ira Clarence Eaker Collection. No. B-58582A.C.

Mail - Print, Library of Congress collection

Mail - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows a young soldier in his tent lying on a cot reading his mail. No. 16. Additional title from online resource: Art of the American Soldier: Documenting Military History Through Artists' Eyes and in T... More

Aerial photo of bombing of Nakajima Aircraft Engine Plant, Musashino, Japan (Tokyo area) by U.S. 20th Air Force operations

Aerial photo of bombing of Nakajima Aircraft Engine Plant, Musashino, ...

In album: "20th Air Force Operations," volume 1. Ira Eaker papers.

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Ulakta Head Fixed Defense Battery Command Post No. 1, Unalaska, Aleutian Islands, AK

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Ulakta Head Fixed Defe...

Significance: Jointly operated by the Army and the Navy, this installation served part of the need for coastal defense. Following the Japanese raids of June 1942, the belief was prevalent that Japan would inva... More

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Ulakta Head Fixed Defense Battery Command Post No. 1, Unalaska, Aleutian Islands, AK

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Ulakta Head Fixed Defe...

Significance: Jointly operated by the Army and the Navy, this installation served part of the need for coastal defense. Following the Japanese raids of June 1942, the belief was prevalent that Japan would inva... More

"The Walkers Club." Eight U.S. airmen in China who were forced down behind the Japanese lines. After a period of eight weeks and many narrow escapes of contacts with enemy patrols, they reached their bases. Left to right, standing: Major Grant Mahoney, Vallejo, California; Colonel Bruce Hollaway, Knoxville, Tennessee; Captain J.O. Wellborn, Daingerfield, Texas; Lieutenant C.C. Moody, Blytheville, Arkansas; Kneeling: Lieutenant Morton Sher, Greenville, South Carolina; Lieutenant C.C. Vaughn, Pearsall, Texas; Lieutenant R. Durell, Scarbrough, Hudson, New York; Lieutenant M.D. Marks, Bayonne, New Jersey

"The Walkers Club." Eight U.S. airmen in China who were forced down be...

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Six hundred Japanese leave Singapore

Six hundred Japanese leave Singapore

Photograph shows Japanese nationals preparing to evacuate Singapore on their way back to Japan.

War production drive. "Bomb Tokyo with More Mounts." This unusual display, sponsored by the labor-mangagement committee in the Lamp Division of Westinghouse, was highly effective in the war production drive. As each section increased its production, its bomb was moved nearer the cowering Jap and departments raced to get their bombs in first

War production drive. "Bomb Tokyo with More Mounts." This unusual disp...

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Los Angeles, California. The evacuation of Japanese-Americans from West coast areas under United States Army war emergency orders. Sign on store owned by Japanese in Little Tokyo

Los Angeles, California. The evacuation of Japanese-Americans from Wes...

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Los Angeles County, California. Japanese farmer working in his field as he waits for evacuation orders from West coast area under United States Army war emergency ruling

Los Angeles County, California. Japanese farmer working in his field a...

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Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Women take over the operation of some of the heaviest tools at the Inglewood, Calfornia plant of North American Aviation Incorporated. Day and night, shifts of girl employees use this huge hydraulic press to form thousands of sheet metal parts for United Nations war planes. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid in Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Women take over the operati...

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Press conference with General Chu Shih-Ming. On the fifth anniversary of the Chinese-Japanese War, Major General Chu Shih-Ming, Military Attache of the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C., held a press conference. He emphasized the Chinese commandos' contribution in the war, discussed the international situation

Press conference with General Chu Shih-Ming. On the fifth anniversary ...

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Los Angeles County, California. Furniture of a Japanese farmer who faces evacuation from West coast area under United States Army war emergency order. This farmer will try to sell his belongings; failing in that, he can store his goods, either privately or in a government warehouse

Los Angeles County, California. Furniture of a Japanese farmer who fac...

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Axis propaganda. "Mistress of Three Oceans" is the boasting title of this picture layout in this Japanese propaganda magazine which Elmer Davis, director of the Office of War information, displayed on March 6, 1943. Mr. Davis explained how the OWI is fighting this propaganda in neutral countries

Axis propaganda. "Mistress of Three Oceans" is the boasting title of t...

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The Second Battalion, Twenty-Seventh Marines land on Iwo Jima / B. Campbell. Defense Dept. photo (Marine Corps).

The Second Battalion, Twenty-Seventh Marines land on Iwo Jima / B. Cam...

Marines on top of hill during battle. No. 111688. Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire, during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Low-level aerial view of destruction of a refinery in the Tokyo area, as the result of B-29 raids, during the five months of concentrated attacks on Japan, during the second world war]

[Low-level aerial view of destruction of a refinery in the Tokyo area,...

U.S. Army A.A.F. photo. No. A-58492 A.C. Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire, during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wendover Air Force Base, South of Interstate 80, Wendover, Tooele County, UT

Wendover Air Force Base, South of Interstate 80, Wendover, Tooele Coun...

Significance: The history of Wendover Airport spans a period of 50 years, and has gained historical recognition due to the critical role it played during World War II. During World War II events at Wendover pro... More

Leaves berth virtually surrounded by stricken ships. The U.S.S. Neosho, navy oil tanker, cautiously backs away from her berth (right center) in a successful effort to escape the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941. At left the battleship U.S.S. California lists after aerial blows. Other crippled warships and part of the hull of the capsized U.S.S. Oklahoma may be seen in the background. The Neosho was later sunk in the Coral Sea

Leaves berth virtually surrounded by stricken ships. The U.S.S. Neosho...

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Los Angeles, California. The evacuation of Japanese-Americans from the West coast areas under United States Army war emergency order. Japanese pack their belongings as they close their stores in Little Tokyo

Los Angeles, California. The evacuation of Japanese-Americans from the...

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