Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO)

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Japanese prisoners of war being transported on a landing craft on Iwo Jima in February 1945
View down onto landing craft manned by Coast Guardsmen, Japanese prisoners of war huddled along side of boat. Official...
Japanese prisoners of war in USMC uniforms carry mess kits full of food after being captured near Talasea, New Britain in August 1944
Japanese prisoners of war in USMC uniforms carry mess kits full of food. "Japanese POW"s get first G.I. food after...
Japanese prisoners of war unloading supplies from a B-29 Superfortress on Okinawa in 1945
Japanese prisoners of war unloading supplies from a B-29 Superfortress. "Okinawa." Okinawa. 1945
Japanese prisoners of war unloading supplies from a B-29 Superfortress on Okinawa in 1945
Japanese prisoners of war unloading supplies from a B-29 Superfortress. "Japs unloading plane on Okinawa." Okinawa....
Japanese prisoners sit atop a truck for transport under the watch of U.S. soldiers at an unknown location
Japanese prisoners sit atop a truck for transport under the watch of U.S. soldiers at an unknown location."Nip...
Japanese prisoners sit inside a landing craft on a Pacific island, 1942-1945
American soldiers detain Japanese prisoners, some who are naked, on a landing craft near shore. Two of the Japanese men...
Japanese propaganda leaflet deriding US war effort near Batangas in the Philippines in 1945
"Jap [Japanese] propaganda leaflet deriding US war effort." [1945]
Japanese searchlight destroyed by American forces near Green Beach on Kwajalein Island in February 1944
Japanese searchlight destroyed by American forces. 'W-CPA-44-108-AB 2/1 Cordray. Japanese searchlight, near Green Beach...
Japanese servicemen waving to pilots about to leave for attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941
Japanese servicemen waving to pilots about to leave for attack on Pearl Harbor. Official caption:'"Captured Jap [...
Japanese soldier burned to death in Intramuros, Manila in the Philippines on 19 February 1945
"Jap soldier burned to death in Intramurals." 19 February 1945
Japanese soldiers killed during the attack on Iwo Jima in February 1945
554.Photograph 'CinCPac 8015 February 26, 1945 Death on Iwo These three Japs [Japanese] were killed by Marine artillery...
Japanese street circa September 1945
Japanese street with homes along the sides. From donor's notes: "Typical street, Hiro, Japan." Circa September 1945
Japanese supplies stored beneath trees at New Britain in September 1944
Japanese supplies stored beneath trees on New Britain. "Captured enemy supplies on New Britain." New Britain. September...
Japanese surrender party leaving the Battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 September 1945
Scene from the Japanese Surrender Ceremony aboard the USS Missouri (BB-63). "Jap surrender party leaving the Battleship...
Japanese tank partly hidden in a fortified ditch on Kwajalein Island in February 1944
Japanese tank partly hidden in a fortified ditch. 'W-CPA-44-107-AZ 2/3 Weaver. This is the Japs version of an American...
Japanese type C class midget submarine with the serial number "Ha-51" on Guam in 1945
Japanese type C class midget submarine with the serial number "Ha-51" at Guam. The submarine ran aground off the...
Japanese war memorial at Damoris, Luzon in the Philippines in 1945
"Jap war memorial at Damoris, Luzon." [1945]
Jeep crossing bridge in New Caledonia in 1944-45
57.Photograph. U.S. Jeep crossing bridge. New Caledonia. 1944-45
Jeep crossing bridge in New Caledonia in 1944-45
58.Photograph. U.S. Jeep crossing bridge. New Caledonia. 1944-45
Jeep trailer and the twin tail vertical stabilizers of a B-25 Mitchell bomber on a muddy airfield at Morotai in 1944
Jeep trailer on muddy airfield; twin tail vertical stabilizers of a B-25 Mitchell bomber of the 42nd Crusaders...
Jeeps and a CCKW parked in front of a thatched roof building at Cape Gloucester, New Britain in August 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. Jeeps and a CCKW parked in front of a thatched roof building. "Base camp supply...
Jeeps driving out of USS LST-933 onto a beach, Pacific Theater, 1945-46
Jeeps driving out of USS LST-933 [Landing Ship, Tank] onto beach. Pacific Theater. 1945-46
Jungle edge, Saipan, 1945
Slide. Tall vegetation on the outskirts of a jungle. Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. 1945
Jungle foliage, Saipan, 1945
Slide. Low-angle view of jungle trees. Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. 1945
Jungle in New Caledonia in 1944 or 1945
105.Photograph. Swamp and river area, jungle landscape. New Caledonia. 1944-45
Jungle in New Caledonia in 1944-45
55.Photograph. Jungle scene. New Caledonia. 1944-45
Korean forced laborers inside a fence being treated as prisoners of war on Kwajalein in February 1944
Korean forced laborers under the Japanese, after their surrender, inside fence being treated as prisoners of war;...
Korean laborers after the Japanese surrender on Enubuj Island in January 1944
Korean forced laborers under the Japanese after their surrender. 'W-CPA-44-107-AF. 1/31. Weaver. Korean laborers...
Land and cliffs near a coastline in the Pacific Theater, 1944-46
Land and cliffs near a coastline. Pacific Theater. 1944-46
Landing assaults are launched while surface bombardment takes place on Guam on 20 July 1944
504.Photograph. 'File Number: 59457 August 2, 1944 D-Day on Guam Rising to a crescendo as landing assaults are launched...
Landing craft convoy in rough seas of the Pacific Ocean in 1945
Landing craft convoy in rough seas. "The '98, etc. enroute to Saipan. How about that shot?" Pacific Ocean. 1945
Landing craft firing at Iwo Jima in February 1945
LCI(G)-196 [Landing craft, infantry (gunboat)] firing at Iwo Jima, Mount Suribachi clearly visible. Official caption:'"...
Landing craft mill about in their distinguishing cycles before hitting the Iwo Jima beach on 19 February 1945
542.Photograph 'File Number: 304743 Released: March 14, 1945 Assault on Iwo Jima Grim milestones on the Tokyo Road The...
Landing craft smash ashore at Iwo Jima on 19 February 1945
Landing craft approach Iwo Jima on 19 February 1945. "File Number: 305664 Released: April 25, 1945 Assault on Iwo Jima...

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