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Unidentified US servicemen on a cargo truck in the Pacific in the 1940s
Unidentified US servicemen on a cargo truck in the Pacific in the 1940s.
Unidentified US servicemen on Guadalcanal in the 1940s
Unidentified US servicemen on Guadalcanal in the 1940s.
Unidentified US servicemen outside a Christian church on Fiji in March 1943
Unidentified US servicemen with civilian and a priest outside a Christian church on Fiji in March 1943. Possible Fijian...
Unidentified US servicemen swimming or bathing on Guadalcanal in the 1942
Unidentified US servicemen swimming or bathing on Guadalcanal in the 1942.
Unidentified US servicemen with a howitzer on Guadalcanal in November 1942
Unidentified US servicemen with a howitzer on Guadalcanal in November 1942.
Unidentified vessel off Pacific island coastline, Guam (probably), 1945-46
Unidentified vessel off Pacific island coastline. Guam (probably). 1945-46
United States Navy transport ships at unknown Alaskan harbor at Attu, Aleutian Islands on 28 June 1943
United States Navy transport ships at unknown Alaskan harbor.'"6-28-43. 124."'Attu, Aleutian Islands/Alaska. 28 June...
Unloading a DUKW off the USS Rutland near Okinawa on 14 April 1945
Unloading a DUKW, an amphibious truck, off the USS Rutland and into the ocean after the successful attack on Okinawa on...
Unloading a DUKW off the USS Rutland near Okinawa on 14 April 1945
Unloading a DUKW, an amphibious truck, off the USS Rutland and into the ocean after the successful attack on Okinawa in...
Unloading supplies and ammo from DUCKs at Dagupan, Luzon railroad to be shipped to front by train in 1945
"Unloading supplies and ammo from DUCKs at Dagupan, Luzon railroad to be shipped to front by train." [1945]
Upper and lower Rouna Falls in Papua New Guinea in 1944
People sitting below upper and lower Rouna Falls. "'Rampant Majesty'. Full view of upper and lower Rouna Falls." Port...
US airmen drinking their beer ration on Sterling Island in 1944
US airmen, most wearing shorts and pith helmets, drinking their beer ration; one man holding human skull. Probably...
US airmen lined up behind truck for beer ration on Sterling Island in 1944
US airmen lined up behind truck for beer ration; right outside of Post Exchange. "Beer ration on Sterling Island. 1944...
US airmen outside of the quartermaster storehouse on Sterling Island in 1944
US airmen outside of a Pacific island quartermaster storehouse; men separated from goods by a chain-link fence. '"...
US airmen posing with local men of a native village at Guadalcanal in 1943
US airmen posing with local men of a native village; most wear tradition dress although one native man is dressed in...
US Army 1st Sergeant using a clipboard to give orders to other soldiers of the 7th Infantry Division on Kwajalein in January 1944
US Army 1st Sgt. using clipboard to give orders to other soldiers of the 7th Infantry Division on Kwajalein. "W-CPA-44-...
US Army DUCKs (2-1/2 ton amphibious trucks) bring supplies into Manila past sunken ships on 6 March 1945
"US Army DUCKs (2-1/2 ton amphibious trucks) bring supplies in Manila north port past sunken ships." 6 March 1945
US Army DUCKs (2-1/2 ton amphibious trucks) bring supplies past sunken ships at Manila in the Philippines on 6 March 1945
"US Army DUCKs (2-1/2 ton amphibious trucks) bring supplies in Manila north port past sunken ships." 6 March 1945
US Army General Charles H. Corlett visits the front on Kwajalein Atoll in 1944
US Army General Charles H. Corlett with soldiers on a war damaged coastline. There are naval ships in the water on the...
US Army mechanics evaluate an abandoned Japanese truck in an unknown jungle in the 1940s
US Army mechanics evaluate an abandoned Japanese truck in the jungle, possibly a fire truck. "Abandoned enemy trucks...
US Army nurses outside of a barrack, New Caledonia
Photograph. Barbara Forrester with other nurses outside barracks. New Caledonia. Date unknown
US Army officers gathered near the tail of a B-29, Pacific Theater, 1945-46
US Army officers standing near the tail of a B-29 Superfortress of the 20th Air Force. Pacific Theater. 1945-46
US attack transport ship in the Pacific in 1945
7.Photograph. U.S. attack transport vessel APA-103 at dock. "Our ship - for home." Pacific Islands. 1945
US Coast Guard men rescue a Marine off Iwo Jima in February 1945
US Coast Guard men wearing Kapok life jackets and "Mae West" life belts rescue a Marine. Official caption: "Wounded...
US Coast Guardsmen rescue a wounded Marine on Iwo Jima in February 1945
US Coast Guardsmen assist an oil covered Marine onto a landing craft during the Iwo Jima invasion. Official caption:'"...
US halftrack captured and used by the Japanese at Tuguegarao in the Philippines in 1945
"US halftrack captured and used by Japs, Guguagarao, Luzon." [1945]
US M4A1 Deep Wading Sherman tanks and soldiers on Kwajalein Atoll, 1944
US M4A1 Deep Wading Sherman tanks #19 ("Lighting") and #13--with exhaust extensions--and soldiers. "U.S. tanks in...
US Marine cautiously removing dead Japanese soldier from foxhole on Iwo Jima in February 1945
US Marine cautiously removing dead Japanese soldier from foxhole, wary of possible booby traps. Official caption:'"...
US Marine halftracks firing at Japanese target on hill on Iwo Jima in February 1945
US Marine halftracks firing at Japanese target on hill. Official caption: "Halftrack scores direct hit on Jap [Japanese...
US Marine holding flame thrower standing over dead Japanese soldiers in the Pacific. Location unknown. PTO. 1944-45
US Marine holding flame thrower standing over dead Japanese soldiers in the Pacific. Location unknown. PTO. 1944-45
US Marine speaking into field phone from small foxhole on Iwo Jima in February 1945
US Marine looking directly at camera, speaking into field phone from small foxhole. Official caption: "Foxhole phone...
US Marine with 37m antitank gun in foreground on Iwo Jima in February 1945
US Marine with 37m antitank gun in foreground, Mount Suribachi in background. Official caption:'"Suribachi was...
US Marines and vehicles move supplies down the beach on Iwo Jima in February 1945
US Marines forming human convoys to move supplies down beach; bulldozers, a DUKW (amphibious truck), tractors and LVTs...
US Marines at a Signal Corps station on Tarawa, 1943-1944
US Marines man a signal station on Tarawa with sign: “AT...
US Marines climb a small hill on Iwo Jima in February 1945
US Marines climb small hill, equipment litters beach, enemy fire seen exploding in harbor behind them. Official caption...
US Marines crouching behind sand dunes on Iwo Jima in February 1945
US Marines crouching behind sand dunes, tanks moving ahead in front of them. Official caption: "4th Division Marines,...

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