The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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Photograph. United States Marines setting up artillery stations on the side of a hill. Official caption on front: "...

Marines fording a river in a column. Guadalcanal. 1942

Photograph. Captured Japanese ice making plant at Laguna Point; American tents are setup in the background; sign on...

From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. A young soldier kneels beside an anti-tank gun hidden by large palms. "Machine...

From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. A G.I. marks a map with landing sites. "Staff marks landing site on chart (Jul 44...

From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. Four soldiers peer out of the hatches of an amphibious tank during amphibious...

Photograph. A young local boy stands ankle deep in water. Personal caption on photo front: "Guada Canal" and on photo...

Photograph. Plume of smoke from Japanese land mines exploding near a line of trees. Official caption on front: "...

F4U Corsairs and F4Fs fighter planes on an air field Guadalcanal Solomon Islands in 1943.

Photograph. Smoke from burning hangar drifting across an American airfield; two airplanes are parked on an airstrip in...

Photograph. United States Marines unloading supplies and equipment from landing craft and loading it into military...

Eleanor Roosevelt shaking hands with unidentified serviceman. Possibly Guadalcanal in September 1943. Appears to be a...

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