Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO)

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A deuce and a half pulls an artillery piece from an LCM onto the shores of Guadalcanal during amphibious training exercises in March 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. A deuce and a half (CCKW or 2 ½ ton truck) pulls an artillery piece from an LCM [...
A dirt pathway leads to a hospital tent, part of the 251st Station Hospital at Cape Gloucester, New Britain in 1944
A dirt pathway leads to a hospital tent, part of the 251st Station Hospital. "251st Station Hospital, Cape Gloucester,...
A dirt road lined with thatch roofed houses is busy with Filipinos doing daily chores in the Philippines in 1944
A dirt road lined with thatch roofed houses is busy with Filipinos doing daily chores. "Philippine countryside scenes...
A dock at Cape Gloucester, New Britain in August 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. A dock at Cape Gloucester. "Dock constructed by the military to facilitate ship...
A Douglas C-54 Skymaster at an airfield in New Guinea during World War II
A Douglas C-54 Skymaster at an airfield in New Guinea during World War II.
A female soldier inspects film during the processing of V-mail in Papua New Guinea in 1944
V-mail operation in the field at APO 929. "After processing the film is taken to inspection where it is carefully...
A female soldier processes mail in Papua New Guinea in 1944
A WAC seated at a table handling the mail with a Tech Sgt. seated in the next chair looking at the camera. "John's...
A festival or ritual in New Guinea in the 1940s
Pacific Islanders during festival or ritual. 194-
A Filipino boy sits in a makeshift bath tub in the Philippines in 1944
A Filipino boy sits in a makeshift bath tub. "This little fellow looking with wonder at the camera, has just finished...
A Filipino civilian that survived being buried alive in a shelter by Japanese soldiers in the Philippines on 23 February 1945
"A Filipino civilian survived being buried alive in shelter by Japs." 23 February 1945
A Filipino home coverted into a souvenir shop in the Philippines in 1944
A Filipino home coverted into a souvenir shop. "Another of the Filipino homes converted into a shop. This one offered...
A Filipino man and woman ride on the back of a water buffalo in the Philippines in 1944
A Filipino man and woman ride on the back of a water buffalo. "Philippine countryside scenes." Philippines. 1944.
A Filipino man drives a two-wheeled, horse-drawn cart down a street in the Philippines in 1944
A Filipino man drives a two-wheeled, horse-drawn cart down a street. "A popular mode of conveyance in the Philippines...
A Filipino residential neighborhood in 1945
"Filipino residential neighborhood." [1945]
A Filipino souvenir shop in the Philippines in 1944
A Filipino souvenir shop. "Most of the Filipinos also were quick to take advantage of the fact that the Yanks were...
A Filipino woman washes clothes while socializing in the Philippines in 1944
A Filipino woman washes clothes while socializing. "The Filipino family of the average class, has it womenfolk do most...
A flame thrower used on Japanese near Aritao, North Luzon in the Philippines in 1945
"Flame thrower used on Jap near Aritao, North Luzon." [1945]
A formation of B-29s dropping bombs over Tokyo, Japan, 1945
B-29 Superfortresses in flight over Tokyo; "A-square-character" on vertical stabilizers signifies 497th Bombardment...
A funeral for fallen soldiers, probably on a Pacific island, 1942-1945
Deceased American soldiers lie in a mass grave; their bodies are wrapped and their boots are on. Surviving soldiers...
A G.I. aims a bazooka at an enemy position in the Philippines in 1945
"G.I. aims bazooka at enemy position." Philippines [1945]
A G.I. marks a map with landing sites at Guadalcanal in 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. A G.I. marks a map with landing sites. "Staff marks landing site on chart (Jul 44...
A G.I. uses a flame thrower on Japanese position in the Philippines in 1945
"G.I. uses flame thrower on Jap [Japanese] position." [1945]
A General Motors built Avenger roars over the beachhead on Panson Island on 20 October 1944
397.Photograph. Grumman TBM Avenger flies above landing forces, 'File Number 287577 Navy Lands Army on Panson Pictorial...
A grave for a British or Australian soldier in New Guinea during World War II
A grave for a British or Australian soldier in New Guinea during World War II.
A grave for three Japanese soldiers in the Pacific in 1944
A grave for three Japanese soldiers in the Pacific in 1944. The sign reads: "Three Good Nips thought the 475th were...
A group of Army A-20 Havoc attack bombers roaring out over the sea enroute to bomb Nazi positions in Cisterno, Italy in 28 March 1944
Douglas A-20 Havoc. "File No: 58963 March 28, 1944 A-20's smash at Cisterno Emphasizing the close cooperation with...
A group of Filipino children pose for a picture in the Philippines in 1944
A group of Filipino children pose for a picture. "The group of children here is another typical feature of the...
A group of Filipino men inspect a cockfighting bird and discuss gambling odds in the Philippines in 1944
A group of Filipino men inspect a cockfighting bird and discuss gambling odds. "Before each match is finally arranged,...
A group of Filipino men play cards in the Philippines in 1944
A group of Filipino men play cards. "The men, for the most part, have a definite dislike for anything resembling...
A group of locals on Guam, 1944-45
Locals of Guam, possibly family with older woman and infants. "Locals - Guam." Guam. 1944-45
A group of P-38 Lightings parked in a line on the tarmac on Guam, 1944-45
Side view of Lockheed P-38 (#426434) Lightning on runway with others; another P-38 is taking off in the background. "...
A group of US Marines pose with various Japanese items on Tarawa, 1943
A group of US Marines pose with various Japanese items. "Jap booty at Tarawa." Tarawa, Gilbert Islands. 1943
A group of US servicemen with duffle bags near Army trucks in the Pacific Theater, 1945-46
US servicemen with full duffle bags waiting near US Army 2- ton, CCKW, trucks. Pacific Theater. 1945-46
A group of women insert letters into envelopes during V-mail processing in Papua New Guinea in 1944
V-mail operation in the field at APO 929. "This is a view of the inserting and sealing. At the long table the girls...
A grove of palm trees at an unknown Pacific location during World War II
A grove of palm trees at an unknown Pacific location during World War II. Probably on New Guinea.

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