Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO)

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Two Army Lieutenant nurses at Cape Gloucester, New Britain in August 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. Two Army nurses, lieutenants, laughing. One smokes a cigarette, the other holds...
Two Army nurses sit on the steps at Cape Gloucester, New Britain in August 1944
Two Army nurses in uniform including leggings, one wearing a head wrap, sit on steps. "251st Station Hospital nurses...
Two Army officers of the 7th Infantry Division discuss plans of the Marshall Islands aboard the USS Zeilin in January 1944
Two Army officers of the 7th Infantry Division discuss plans of the Marshall Islands on a raised-relief map/terrain...
Two B-29s parked at an air base in the Pacific Theater, 1945-46
Two B-29 Superfortresses on runway, one with "H" on vertical stabilizer; US serviceman looking at nose of plane in...
Two bombs attached to a single bomb shackle probably Sterling Island in 1944
Two bombs attached to a single bomb shackle/hard point on a table in an Air Force armament section in the PTO. US...
Two children outside a woven hut in New Guinea during World War II
Two children outside a woven hut in New Guinea during World War II.
Two children standing in snowy field near village, Alaska c.1943.
Two children standing in snowy field near village, probably Alaska c.1943.
Two dead Japanese soldiers in foxhole on Iwo Jima in February 1945
Two dead Japanese soldiers in foxhole. Official caption: "Two Japs [Japanese] where they died defending Iwo Jima beach...
Two docked US Navy vessels, possibly LCIs [Landing Craft, Infantry], Pacific Theater, 1945-46
View of two docked US Navy vessels, possibly LCIs [Landing Craft, Infantry]. Pacific Theater. 1945-46
Two emaciated Japanese prisoners of war are supervised by an MP as they carry cots between barbed wire fences at Talasea, New Britain in August 1944
Two emaciated Japanese prisoners of war are supervised by an MP as they carry cots between barbed wire fences. "...
Two explosions close to a ship near Papua New Guinea, 1943-1945
Two Coast Guard personnel man an antiaircraft gun as another points above. Two explosions are seen in the water nearby...
Two First Division Marines walk along a rubble strewn road toward the ruins of the Japanese Naval Academy on Okinawa on 22 April 1945
601.Photograph 'CINCPAC 08084 22 April 1945 Naval Academy on Okinawa Two First Division Marines walk along a rubble...
Two full barracks bags and random boots litter the shore after the invasion of Talesea, New Britain in September 1944
Two full barracks bags and random boots litter shore after the invasion of Talesea. "Unclaimed barracks bags on beach...
Two G.I.s hold up the skid plate of an LCM at New Britain in September 1944
Two G.I.s hold up the skid plate of a Landing Craft, Mechanized inside the LCM. "Skid Plate on LCM, New Britain." New...
Two intelligence and reconnaissance soldiers clear out a small native village probably during training at New Britain in September 1944
Two intelligence and reconnaissance soldiers clear out a small native village with thatched roofs, probably during...
Two Japanese prisoners of war eat warm meals out of US mess kits after being captured near Talasea, New Britain in August 1944
Two Japanese prisoners of war eat a warm meal out of US mess kits. "Japanese POW"s get first G.I. food after capture...
Two Japanese ships off coastline of Japan in 1945
Two Japanese ships off coastline, one a mine layer. From donor's notes: "Japanese mine layer." Circa September 1945
Two lines of P-51 fighter planes on Iwo Jima (probably), 1945-46
P-51 Mustangs lined up on runway. Probably Iwo Jima. 1945-46
Two LSTs on a beach on Guadalcanal with Henderson Field Runways in 1943
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. Two LSTs off the coast of Guadalcanal, Henderson Field being worked on in the...
Two Marines receive first aid from other Marines on Kwajalein Atoll, 1944
Two Marines receive first aid from other Marines. "Wounded Marines get first aid on Kwajalein." Kwajalein Atoll,...
Two Marines sit near a pile of US packs, shovels, and crates in the Pacific Theater, 1943-45
Two Marines seated near a pile of US packs, shovels, and crates with initials KS on them; in the background a light...
Two mechanics of the 40th Infantry Division work under the hood of a jeep at Cape Gloucester, New Britain on 3 August 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. Two mechanics of the 40th Infantry Division, 160th Infantry Regiment, 2nd...
Two mechanics work on an abandoned Japanese truck at New Britain in 1944
Two mechanics work on an abandoned Japanese truck. "Abandoned enemy [Japanese] trucks are inspected by G.I. mechanics...
Two members of the Australian Women's Army Service in front of a Eagers used car store during World War II in Australia
Two members of the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) in front of Eagers used car store during World War II in...
Two men doing repairs, two carbines hang on the wall behind them, at an unknown location in the 1940s
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. Two men doing repairs, two carbines hang on the wall behind them. "All kinds of...
Two men hang on a rope behind a landing craft in the Pacific Ocean (probably), 1944-1945
An LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) coxswain from the Coast Guard-manned LST-261 helps pull in two men,...
Two men inspect letters reproduced on rolls of paper during processing of V-mail in Papua New Guinea in 1944
V-mail operation in the field at APO 929. "Paper inspection. At these tables each roll of finished work is inspected...
Two men of a machine gun crew man a .30 cal M1919 A4 Browning machine gun at an unknown location in July 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. Two men of a machine gun crew man a .30 cal M1919 A4 Browning machine gun. "...
Two men of the 740th Ordnance Company inspect an M1 Carbine at Cape Gloucester, New Britain on 6 September 1944
Two men of the 740th Ordnance Company inspect an M1 Carbine. "740th Ordnance Co Arms section inspect .30 cal carbine,...
Two men on shore across from the Rouna Falls in Papua New Guinea in 1944
Two men on shore across from the Rouna Falls. "Close-up view of the Falls." Papua New Guinea. 1944
Two men stand on the deck of a boat at New Britain in September 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. Two men stand on the deck of a boat. "Landing craft are beached for repair and...
Two men walking on a wooden bridge in the Philippines in 1944
Two men walking on a wooden bridge. "Philippine countryside scenes." Philippines. 1944.
Two men with cameras sit on a rock on a beach on Oahu, Hawaii, 1941-45
Two unidentified men with cameras sit on a rock on a beach.'"Oahu." Oahu, Hawaii. 1941-45
Two men work on the propeller of a landing craft at New Britain in September 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. Two men work on the propeller of a landing craft. "Landing craft are beached for...
Two men working on the propeller and rudder of a boat at New Britain in September 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. Two men working on the propeller and rudder of a boat. "Landing craft are...
Two nurses stand on the balcony of the Iloilo Provincial Hospital, Philippines in August 1945
Filipino hospital - sign on building reads 'Iloilo Provincial Hospital'. From donor's notes: "Native hospital." August...

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