Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO)

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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,...
US marines digging foxholes on Iwo Jima in Februayr 1945
US Marines digging foxholes on volcanic beach, using Marsden matting for support; bulldozers and cranes moving wrecked...
US Marines find a case of Japanese beer on Tarawa, 1943
US Marines near a damaged structure and surrounded by debris pose with a case a Japanese beer. "Jap beer on Tarawaya."...
US Marines inside a shell crater on Kwajalein Atoll, 1944
US Marines, with rifles, taking cover inside a shell crater. "Marines alert in shell crater on Namur in the Kwajalein...
US Marines inspect a war damaged landscape on a coastline in the Pacific Theater, 1943-45
US Marines inspect a war damaged landscape, which includes trenches or foxholes, on a coastline. Pacific Theater. 1943-...
US Marines kneel during a mass for deceased soldiers, Tarawa, 1943
US Marines kneel in tribute to their fallen comrades as Father C. C. Rwdel, Chicago, Marine Corps chaplain, conducts...
US Marines kneel during a mass for deceased soldiers, Tarawa, 1943
US Marines kneel in tribute to their fallen comrades as Father C. C. Rwdel, Chicago, Marine Corps chaplain, conducts...
US Marines lifting Marine causality with leg injury on Iwo Jima in February 1945
US Marines lifting Marine causality with leg injury into or out of a sand foxhole. Official caption:'"Preparing to move...
US Marines pose with a wooden box containing photographs of Japanese women, Pacific Theater, 1943-1945
Two US marines kneeling--one with a .45 caliber automatic pistol and the other with a Garand M-1 rifle--with a wooden...
US Marines read a news bulletin posted to a palm tree on Tarawa, 1943-44
US Marines reading the "Tarawa Times", a news bulletin which is posted to a palm tree. A sign reads: "Tarawa Times....
US Marines salute as the American flag is raised on an island in the Pacific Theater, 1943-45
US Marines salute as the American flag is raised. There is a war damaged structure in the background. Pacific Theater....
US Marines sort through debris inside of a war damaged building in the Pacific Theater, 1943-45
US Marines sort through the ruins of a war damaged building. Pacific Theater, 1943-45
US Marines stand over the bodies of dead Japanese soldiers on Butaritari (Makin) Atoll, 1943
US Marines stand over the bodies of dead Japanese soldiers. "Dead Japs on Makin [Butaritari]." Butaritari (Makin) Atoll...
US Marines standing in company formation around a platform with an altar, Pacific Theater, 1943-45
US Marines standing in company formation in a U shape around a platform with an altar backed by a cloth with a US flag...
US Marines surround a Japanese pillbox on Kwajalein Atoll, 1944
US Marines, some with weapons, surround a Japanese pillbox. "Cleaning out Jap pillbox on Kwajalein." Kwajalein Atoll,...

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