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Parade for Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation

Record Group 336: Records of the Office of the Chief of TransportationSeries: Photographic Albums of Prints of Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation

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Memorandum from Lieutenant General John C. H. Lee Regarding Volunteers for Training and Assignment as Reinforcements

Record Group 220: Records of Temporary Committees, Commissions, and BoardsSeries: Security Classified Records FilesFile Unit: General John C.H. Lee’s Call for Volunteers

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Christmas Eve in the Pacific

Record Group 26: Records of the U.S. Coast GuardSeries: Photographs of Activities, Facilities, and PersonalitiesFile Unit: Art by Digemma through Frankle

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Decryption of Soviet Diplomatic Telegram Relating to the Code Name “Enormous” and Photography of Material

Record Group 457: Records of the National Security Agency/Central Security ServiceSeries: Public Release Copies of Records Relating to Project VenonaFile Unit: First Venona Release

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State Highway Patrolman, North Charleston, South Carolina

Record Group 30: Records of the Bureau of Public RoadsSeries: Historical Photograph FilesFile Unit: Safety

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Auschwitz I (Main Camp) - Oswiecim, Poland

Record Group 263: Records of the Central Intelligence AgencySeries: Aerial Photography of Auschwitz Concentration Camp

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Lt. Johnson Of The 78Th Fighter Group Poses In The Cockpit Of His Plane At 8Th Air Force Station F-357 In Duxford, England.

Record Group 342: Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and OrganizationsSeries: Photographs of Activities, Facilities and Personnel

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“Members of Battery A, 4520 AA stand by and check their equipment while the convoy takes a break.”

Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal OfficerSeries: Photographs of American Military Activities

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“The Flower and I” by Ralph Kuznitzki

Record Group 48: Records of the Office of the Secretary of the InteriorSeries: Central Classified FilesFile Unit: 1-5 Refugees (Pt. 1)

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Mrs. Roosevelt at an O.P.A. War Fund Rally

Record Group 79: Records of the National Park ServiceSeries: White House PhotographsFile Unit: Mrs. Roosevelt at an O.P.A. War Fund Rally

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Gun Crew of a Tank Destroyer in England

Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal OfficerSeries: Photographs of American Military Activities

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Comali Camp, Honduras

Record Group 30: Records of the Bureau of Public RoadsSeries: Historical Photograph FilesFile Unit: Highways - Inter-American - Honduras

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“Peleliu Island…Marines move through the trenches on the beach during the battle.”

Record Group 127: Records of the U.S. Marine CorpsSeries: General Photograph File of the U.S. Marine Corps

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Tanks to the Marshalls – Special Delivery

Record Group 26: Records of the U.S. Coast GuardSeries: Photographs of Activities, Facilities, and PersonalitiesFile Unit: Art by Digemma through Frankle

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Bing Crosby, stage, screen and radio star, sings to Allied troops at the opening of the London stage door canteen in Piccadilly, London, England.

Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal OfficerSeries: Photographs of American Military Activities

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