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Atomic Bombing of Japan
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| Title: | Atomic Bombing of Japan |
| Created: | August 6 & 9, 1945 |
| Caption: | Bomb blasts from Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
| Source: | U.S. National Archives |
Bellamy Salute
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| Title: | Bellamy Salute |
| Created: | 1941 |
| Caption: | U.S. students pledging to the flag in a former form of the Bellamy salute. |
D-Day Landing
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| Title: | D-Day Landing |
| Artist: | Robert F. Sargent, Chief Photographer's Mate |
| Caption: | "Into the Jaws of Death" - U.S. Troops wade ashore through water and Nazi gunfire. |
| Source: | U.S. National Archives |
Death of Ernie Pyle
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| Title: | Death of Ernie Pyle |
| Artist: | Alexander Roberts, US Army |
| Created: | April 18, 1945 |
| Caption: | Journalist Ernie Pyle shortly after being killed on le Shima |
Eisenhower Addresses Troops
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| Title: | Eisenhower Addresses Troops |
| Created: | June 5, 1944 |
| Caption: | General Dwight D. Eisenhower talks with American troops in the evening before the invasion of Normandy. |
| Source: | Library of Congress |
Eleanor and Tuskegee Airmen
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| Title: | Eleanor and Tuskegee Airmen |
| Created: | March 1941 |
| Caption: | First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt poses with Tuskegee Airman pilot C. Alfred "Chief" Anderson. |
| Source: | US National Park Service |
German Surrender
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| Title: | German Surrender |
| Created: | May 7, 1945 |
| Caption: | Colonal General Gustaf Jodl, Chief of Staff under the Doenitz Regime, signs the document of unconditional surrender. On Jodl's left is General Admiral Von Friedeburg of the German Navy, and on the right is Major Wilhelm Oxenius of the German General Staff. Behind Von Friedeburg is Maj. Gen. K.W.D. Strong, G-2, SHAEF. |
| Source: | FDR Library Archives |
Iwo Jima Flag Raising
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| Title: | Iwo Jima Flag Raising |
| Artist: | Joe Rosenthal |
| Created: | February 23, 1945 |
| Source: | National Archives |
Japanese Surrender
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| Title: | Japanese Surrender |
| Artist: | Army Signal Corps |
| Created: | September, 2, 1945 |
| Caption: | Onboard the battleship USS Missouri, Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Instrument of Surrender on behalf of the Japanese Government. |
| Source: | Naval Historical Center |
Peal Harbor Attack
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| Title: | Peal Harbor Attack |
| Created: | December 7, 1941 |
| Caption: | The battleship USS Arizona burns after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. |
| Source: | FDR Library Archives |
Potsdam Conference
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| Title: | Potsdam Conference |
| Created: | July 28, 1945 |
| Caption: | Seated (Left to Right): British Prime Minister Clement Atlee U.S. President Harry S. Truman Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin |
| Source: | U.S. Army Center of Military History |
Teheran Conference
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| Title: | Teheran Conference |
| Created: | November 28-December 1, 1943 |
| Caption: | (From left to right) Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill meet at the Russian Embassy in Teheran. |
| Source: | Library of Congress |
The Enola Gay
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| Title: | The Enola Gay |
| Artist: | Pfc. Armen Shamlian |
| Created: | August, 1945 |
| Caption: | Colonel Paul Tibbets, pilot of the Enola Gay, waves from the cockpit. |
| Source: | U.S. NARA |
Tuskegee Airmen
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| Title: | Tuskegee Airmen |
| Created: | Spring 1943 |
| Source: | National Museum of the United States Air Force |
Woman Air Force Pilots (WASPs)
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| Title: | Woman Air Force Pilots (WASPs) |
| Caption: | These Four woman shown leaving their ship at the four engine school at Lockbourne are members of a group of WASPS who have been trained to ferry the B-17 Fortresses. |
| Source: | U.S. NARA |
