The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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

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

Photograph. United States Marine chaplain giving first aid to an injured Marine in the field while several others...

From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. Soldiers disembark from LCVP [Landing Craft Vehicle, Personnel] during amphibious...

Photograph. United States Marines tending to a fighter plane that is on fire; a hangar is in the background. Official...

Unidentified US servicemen on Guadalcanal in the 1940s.

From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. Three soldiers wading through water with their gear, two holding canteens."Troops...

Photograph. Jeep driving across a bridge made of palm tree trunks; Marines are drinking from the river in the...

Photograph. Long line of United States Marines sitting and standing as they rest during a march. Official caption on...

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

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

Photograph. View from a machine gun nest of naked United States Marines bathing in river and sitting on a pontoon...

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