World War II Photos: Stunning Pictures Show Americans In The 1940s (PHOTOS)

LOOK: Americans Contribute To The War Effort

Women wielding hand drills assemble dive-bombers and an infantryman crouching next to tires brandishes a Garand rifle; these scenes in the photos below were meticulously documented by photographers working for the US government during World War II. During that time, the Library of Congress collected more than 1,600 photos taken between 1939 and 1944.

The photographs paint a fascinating portrait of the construction workers, secretaries, truck drivers, families, pilots, soldiers and women laborers who contributed to the war effort.

Check out photos of Americans on the job in the slideshow below.

Before You Go

August 1942

Library of Congress WWII

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