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Bataan Death March

Japanese soldiers landing at Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, on December 22, 1941.
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Bataan Death March

Dyess and two of his fellow escapees reported the Bataan Death March atrocities to Gen MacArthur. Left to right: Capt Dyess, US Navy Lt Commander Melvyn McCoy, Gen MacArthur, and US Army Maj Stephen Mellnik.
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Bataan Death March

Of the 1,600 POWs on board the Japanese hell ship Oryoku Maru, only 600 survived after the sinking off the coast of Luzon, Philippine Islands on December 15, 1944.
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Bataan Death March

General Masaharu Homma (left), Japanese commander of the Death March. In 1946, he was convicted and executed by firing squad for war crimes related to the brutality of the March.
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Bataan Death March

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Bataan Death March

Burial details carry the remains of POWs who died of exhaustion, disease, or execution after reaching Camp O’Donnell.
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Bataan Death March

US Forces surrender to the Japanese and begin the Death March in April 1942.
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Bataan Death March

USAFFE units at the Signal Corps base camp "Mudhole" on Bataan on January 10, 1942. Established in July 1941, USAFFE, included the military forces of the Philippine Commonwealth, the Philippine Scouts, and the US Army.
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Fieseler Fi-156C-2 Storch

DAYTON, Ohio -- View of the Fieseler Fi-156C-2 Storch at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. Designed in 1935, the Storch was widely used during World War II by German military forces for reconnaissance, liaison and aeromedical transport. The aircraft on display was donated and delivered to the museum in 1974. An 18 month restoration was completed by museum staff in August of 2025 and is on display in the WWII Gallery. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ken LaRock)
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Fieseler Fi-156C-2 Storch

DAYTON, Ohio -- View of the Fieseler Fi-156C-2 Storch at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. Designed in 1935, the Storch was widely used during World War II by German military forces for reconnaissance, liaison and aeromedical transport. The aircraft on display was donated and delivered to the museum in 1974. An 18 month restoration was completed by museum staff in August of 2025 and is on display in the WWII Gallery. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ken LaRock)
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Runways by hand

Hundreds of Chinese laborers pull a roller to smooth a runway for an airstrip. B-29 attacks on targets in Manchuria, Formosa, and Japan, beginning in 1944, necessitated the building of several new airfields in China and India.
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6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion Post Office

In France, letters and packages accumulated in warehouses for nearly three years. Within six months, the 6888th efficiently cleared the backlog. The 6888th and French civilians sort mail at the 17th Base Post Office in Paris, November 1945.
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6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion

After organizing the mail system in Birmingham, England, the Six Triple Eight alleviated the postal backlog in Rouen and Paris before returning home. 6888th on parade at Rouen's Place du Vieux Marché May 1945.
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Fannie Griffin McClendon

Fannie Griffin McClendon (left) was one of four African American women at Officer Candidate School, Fort Des Moines, IA, 1942. Image courtesy of the Women Veterans Historical Project at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro Libraries.
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Fannie Griffin McClendon

Fannie Griffin McClendon, Air Force, 1951. Image courtesy of the Women Veterans Historical Project at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro Libraries.
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Fannie Griffin McClendon

Fannie Griffin McClendon leaving her first duty station at Fort Huachuca, AZ, to go to Officer Candidate School, 1942. Image courtesy of the Women Veterans Historical Project at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro Libraries.
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Buzzing Arc de Triomphe

Lieutenant John Flory enjoyed “buzzing,” or performing a low-altitude flight over cities, bases, or other interesting landmarks. After France’s liberation in WWII, Flory was fined when he buzzed the Arc de Triomphe in Paris with his A-26. He was turned-in to his commander by a pair of P-51 pilots flying air cover over the city.
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Buzzing Arc de Triomphe

Lieutenant John Flory enjoyed “buzzing,” or performing a low-altitude flight over cities, bases, or other interesting landmarks. After France’s liberation in WWII, Flory was fined when he buzzed the Arc de Triomphe in Paris with his A-26. He was turned-in to his commander by a pair of P-51 pilots flying air cover over the city. Though the exploit cost the Lieutenant ninety dollars, his photo of the event represented his spirited service in the United States Army Air Forces.
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Buzzing Arc de Triomphe

Lieutenant John Flory at Victory Field, TX, where he attended Primary Flight Training during WWII.
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Douglas A-26B Invader

Though it arrived late to the European Theater, the A-26 Invader combined key features that allowed it to replace the ground attack A-20 Havoc and medium bombers like the B-25 Mitchell and B-26 Marauder.
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