In a time before the internet and easier means of travel, going...

An unidentified US serviceman with native children on Guadalcanal in 1942. Gift of Irene Moran, from the collection of The National WWII Museum.


A hand shake and presentation of a plaque to native islanders on the Solomon Islands. 4 April 1944. U.S. Navy Official photograph, Gift of Charles Ives, from the collection of The National WWII Museum


Women in beaded clothing possibly in Accra, Ghana in the 1940s. Gift of Jason Sloan, from the collection of The National WWII Museum.


Guamanian child riding water buffalo on road; child holds a rope lead for the animal as well. Guam, circa 1945. Gift of Delores Libby, from the collection of The National WWII Museum.

In a time before the internet and easier means of travel, going to serve in World War II took many young Americans far away from home exposing them to new cultures completely foreign to them for the first time.

Uncover these unique glimpses into life around the world during the 1940s taken by the American men and women who were there serving in World War II: http://bit.ly/ww2online

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