Japanese soldier surrendering to US Marines, Marshall Islands, 1944

The soldier is naked because he was probably ordered to strip to be sure that th…

Three dead Americans lie on the beach at Buna, 1943

At a time when censors used a heavy hand to keep the American public from knowin…

American tank crew listen to Bernard Herzog who was just liberated from the camp of Santo Tomas, 1944

An American tank crew stands beside Bernard Herzog - an American citizen who liv…

A U.S. soldier offers his hand to a woman leaving a cave where she had hidden with her child, 1944

The photograph is taken during a battle of Saipan that claimed the lives of 22,0…

B-25 Mitchell skip-bombs a Japanese Kaibokan escort ship, 1945

B-25 Mitchell, nicknamed Ruthless Ruth, pulls up after making a skip-bombing run…