AP Historical Hard Drive 2002

U.S. Marines of the 1st Division advance across the top of a ridge, during the invasion of Peleliu island, in the Palau group, in September 1944. (AP...

U.S. Marines of the 1st Division take shelter beneath an amphibious duck during assault operations at Peleliu island, in September 1944. In the backgr...

Debris is piled up on both sides of a wrecked street in Boulogne, as a Canadian patrol passes through the war-torn town in northern France, in Septemb...

U.S. infantrymen advance through the

A German Army soldier stands by as Polish civilians seated in the back of a truck await transportation to a camp for displaced persons in Poland, Sept...

Parachutes open overhead as waves of paratroopers drop out of planes over Holland during operations by the 1st Allied Airborne Army in September 1944....

An unidentified U.S. Marine with a

A German officer, who was hiding out in a battered building in Illy, France, is being captured by an American infantryman in September 1944. (AP Photo...

An unidentified U.S. Marine pauses for a moment at the beach of Peleliu island, in September 1944, during the invasion of the Palau group. (AP Photo)

U.S. Marines watch as 8,000 pounds of tetrytol explode off the coast of Peleliu island, marking succesfull conclusion of a Navy underwater demolition...

Gen. Charles de Gaulle, foreground wearing hat, leads a victory parade down the Champs Elysee in Paris, France, Aug. 31, 1944. De Gaulle talks with G...

Four U.S. Marines are seen as they take a time out from supplying ammunition to the frontlines, during the invasion of Saipan, in the Mariana Islands,...

Gen. Charles de Gaulle, left foreground, salutes during playing of the national anthems at the parade of American troops and armor in Paris, France, A...

Movie producer Samuel Goldwyn escorts actress Mary Pickford to the premiere of

As a penalty for having had a personal relationship with a German during the time of occupation, this young woman gets her head shaved in public by a...

Parisians line up the Champs Elysees to salute the 28th U.S. Infantry Division as they march past the Arc de Triomphe, celebrating the liberation of t...

Medics are seen as they rush to remove a wounded soldier from the battlefield to an aid station in an air raid shelter near Brest, France, on August 2...

High ranking German officers, seized by the Free French forces which liberated their country's capital, are placed under arrest on August 26, 1944, in...

People on Place de la Concorde scatter for cover as a hidden German shooter opens fire on the crowd gathered to celebrate the entry of Allied troops i...

Barrage balloons hover overhead for protection against Nazi air attack as U.S. landing ship tanks (LST) are loaded with vehicles and other supplies in...

Curtiss Helldivers from the Fast Carrier Task Force 58 are seen midair on a mission over Saipan, in the Mariana Islands, on August 24, 1944. (AP Photo...

Actress Shirley Temple, a United Service Organizations (USO) volunteer, holds a bowl of cookies for servicemen at the Hollywood Canteen, Ca., Aug. 21,...

A group of U.S. infantrymen are seen posing with a captured swastika flag in front of a wrecked German tank, August 20, 1944, in Chambois, France. Th...

The President of the French Committee of National Liberation, Gen. Charles de Gaulle, speaks from the balcony of Hotel de Ville to citizens of the Fre...

This is an aerial view along the southern landing beach at Agat, on Orote Peninsula, during the U.S. invasion to reconquest Japanese-occupied Guam, Ma...

Actress Joan Leslie, named G.I. Janie in recognition for her work in introducing the new $10 GI War Bond, is cheered by GI Joes at Camp Haan, Ca., Aug...

U.S. Custom inspectors examine the luggage of civilian war refugees from occupied Europe brought to the emergency relief shelters at Fort Ontario, Osw...

A few of the 983 civilian war refugees from occupied Europe are shown at Fort Ontario, Oswego, N.Y., Aug. 5, 1944. The refugees will live in the emer...

Civilian war refugees from occupied Europe receive requisition papers for bedding, towels an other incidentals and are assigned living quarters follow...

Some of the 982 civilian war refugees from occupied Europe are shown as they arrive at Hoboken, N.J., Aug. 4, 1944 during World War II. The refugees,...

Destroyed and captured tanks of German armored units are abandoned in one of the fields northwest of St. Lo in Normandy, France, in Aug. 1944 during W...

Amid the ruins of an unknown French city, a Canadian medic is seen as he attends to a wounded comrade, while a knocked-out German tank burns next to t...

A U.S. Marine is seen as he chats with his scouting dog, at Guam, in August 1944, during World War II. The dogs were used to track down Japanese soldi...

This sequence of photos shows the destruction of one of the dreadful German V-1 flying bombs by a British RAF fighter plane, in August 1944. (AP Phot...

In this August 1944 photo, a young boy is seen as he helps his one-legged companion across the street in the Italian seaport and town of Naples. (AP P...

An American officer and a French Resistance fighter are seen engaged in a street battle with German occupation forces during the days of liberation, A...

An American tank is seen as it passes the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, during the days of liberation from German occupation in August 1944. (AP Photo)

A German tank explodes at roadside after being hit by advancing Free French forces, at an unknown location en route toward Paris, in August 1944. (AP...

American troops fire a large 155mm artillery gun in a night attack during the invasion of Guam, on July 29, 1944.

Flak fills the sky as U.S. antiaircraft guns fight off a Japanese attack during the invasion of Saipan, Mariana Islands, on July 27, 1944. (AP Photo)

Two British women serve hot coffee to Army Ordnance men as they await the

Nursing Sisters of the No. 10 Canadian General Hospital R.C.M.A.C. are seen upon their arrival at Arromanches, France, on July 23, 1944.(AP Photo)

Bulldozer blades are affixed to the front of a tank to be used to penetrate the hedgerows in the Allied fight for German-occupied Normandy, France, du...

U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt accepts his Democratic nomination for a fourth term in the White House via radio from a railroad car at a Pacific...

Minutes after U.S. Marines and U.S. Army assault troops landed on the Central Pacific island of Guam, two officers set up the first American flag on a...

Covered with the American flag, the body of Maj. Thomas D. Howie, commander of the U.S. Army 3rd Battalion, 116 Infantry, rests amid the ruins of Sain...

A Marine from the QM War Dog Platoon, his Doberman at the order to attack, is scouting around on Biak island on July 18, 1944. The dogs were used to t...

U.S. soldiers are seen in the church of the small Normandy town of St. George D'Elle, July 15, 1944, after they captured the site from German troops,...

A Canadian infantryman is standing in front of a Virgin Mary shrine inside a damaged catholic church in Carpiquet, France, on July 12, 1944. (AP Phot...

The forward patrol of a U.S. Marine unit advances following Japanese communication lines in an effort to locate enemy positions, during the invasion o...