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Photograph. American LVT (Landing Vehicle, Tracked) approaching a beach; other LVTs and transport ships are in the...

From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. A jeep tows what is possibly a 37mm anti-tank gun off of an LCVP [Landing Craft...

Photograph. Martha O'Driscoll in two-piece outfist stands backstage after a performance. Personal caption on photo...

Martin Carmody was on Guadalcanal for two or three days. The USS Enterprise (CV-6) had gone to the harbor at Espiritu...

On his first day at sea, Robert Powers got seasick. One of his friends, Ned Meloney, played for the 49ers [Annotator's...

After the Battle of the Tenaru [Annotator's Note: also called the Battle of the Ilu River, 21 August 1942, Guadalcanal...

Ewalt "Walt" Shatz fired the machine guns [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS Patterson (DD-392)] for the first time...

Thomas Edgar Morgan, Sr. was assigned to the 1st Marine Division (Reinforced) and took part in the Battle of Midway....

Harold Buell was stationed on Guadalcanal where he found life in the field to be far more difficult than it was on his...

Claude Shannahan's worst memories from Guadalcanal were largely from Bloody Ridge. With the Japanese approaching from...

Harold DeForest landed in New Caledonia and was sent to a replacement center. There, he and another guy volunteered to...

Thomas Francis Schicker and Leo [Annotator's Note: no last name given; unable to identify] were given mess duty in...

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