Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO)

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Women inspect and cut individual letters from rolls of paper during V-mail processing in Papua New Guinea in 1944
V-mail operation in the field at APO 929. "Paper chopping. At these choppers each letter is handcut from the roll and...
Women load and operate a letter folding machine during V-mail processing in Papua New Guinea in 1944
V-mail operation in the field at APO 929. "On this machine the letters are folded to correct size for insertion into V-...
Women photograph mail during V-mail processing in Papua New Guinea in 1944
V-mail operation in the field at APO 929.' "The recording operation, using the Recordak machines. These operators...
Women sort and prepare mail in Papua New Guinea in 1944
V-mail operation in the field at APO 929. "At these tables, the girls first sort out all the original V-Mail letters...
Women sort and prepare mail in Papua New Guinea in 1944
V-mail operation in the field at APO 929. "Here is a section of the opening and targeting operation. Targeting is...
Women sort mail in Papua New Guinea in 1944
V-mail operation in the field at APO 929.' "View of the casing section in Postal preparation. Here each V-Mail original...
Wounded 25th Division Soldier helped to an aid station in the Philippines in 1945
"Wounded 25th Div Soldier helped to aid station." [1945]
Wounded F troop, 1st Cavalry soldier carried by Filipinos in the Philippines in 1945
"Wounded "F" troop, 1st Cav G.I. carried by Filipinos." [1945]
Wounded Filipino woman and child wait for someone to escort them to safety in the Philippines in 1945
"Wounded Filipino woman and child wait for someone to escort them to safety." [1945]
Wounded Japanese brought past Filipino crowds by 148th Infantry Regiment at Manila in the Philippines on 5 February 1945
"Wounded Japs [Japanese] brought past Filipino crowds by 148th Inf Reg." 5 February 1945
Wounded Marine receiving medical treatment after Iwo Jima invasion in February 1945
Wounded Marine receiving medical treatment after Iwo Jima invasion. Official caption:'"Back from the fury of Iwo Jima a...
Wounded Marines are helped to an air station by Navy Medical Corpsman on Iwo Jima in February 1945
"File No: 48556 Feb. 25, 1945 Wounded are given aid Wounded Marines are helped to an air station by Navy Medical...
Wounded soldiers are evacuated by C-46 airplane from Clark Field, Luzon near Pampanga in the Philippines on 1 February 1945
"Wounded soldiers evacuated by C-46 airplane from Clark Field, Luzon." 1 February 1945
Wounded soldiers wait to be evacuated from Intramuros fighting at Manila in the Philippines in 1945
"Wounded soldiers wait to be evacuated from Intramurals fighting." [1945]
Wounded US soldiers debark from an LST (landing ship tank) hospital ship in Manila Harbor in the Philippines in 1945
"Wounded US soldiers debark from LST (landing ship tank) hospital ship in Manila Harbor." [1945]
Wreck on Tinian in late 1945
Refuse dump or wrecked airplane. "Tinian." Probably taken in late 1945
Wreckage lines a Japanese airstrip at Puluwat in this picture made from the Navy Liberator piloted by Commander Norman M. 'Bus' Miller on 9 June 1944
404.Photograph. 'File No: 46573 September 21, 1944 Saga of Bus Miller--- Wreckage lines the airstrip at Puluwat in this...
Wreckage of 12" Japanese gun in the Philippines in 1945
"Wreckage of 12" Jap [Japanese] gun." 1945
Wreckage of Japanese Betty bombers at Clark Field, Luzon near Pampanga in the Philippines on 30 January 1945
"Wreckage of Jap [Japanese] "Betty" bombers at Clark Field, Luzon." 30 January 1945
Wreckage on the beaches of Iwo Jima in February 1945
Wreckage on the beaches of Iwo Jima, mainly smaller landing craft. Official caption:'"Wreckage on the beaches of Iwo...
Wrecked and partially sunk ships near the coast of Iwo Jima, 1945-46
Wrecked and partially sunk ships. "Wrecked ships - Iwo Jima." Iwo Jima. 1945-46
Wrecked landing craft, possibly American, on a beach on Iwo Jima, 1945-46
Beached ship along coastline. "Wrecked landing craft - Iwo." Iwo Jima. 1945-46
Yanko Market in Manila in June 1945
Open air market under pitched roof in Manila; horses and carriages, kalesas, line the street near the market. From...
Young Filipino boys tend to water buffaloes in the Philippines in 1944
Young Filipino boys tend to water buffaloes. "Philippine countryside scenes." Philippines. 1944.
Young Japanese boys saluting Americans in Japan circa September 1945
Young Japanese boys saluting camera as the Americans drive past a work site. From donor's notes: "The Japs [Japanese]...
Young native population from Kwajalein Atoll at dedication ceremony after successful invasion of Kwajalein Atoll in February 1944
Young native population from Kwajalein Atoll at dedication ceremony after successful invasion of Kwajalein Atoll. 'W-...
Young native population from Kwajalein Atoll coming to dedication ceremony after a successful invasion on Kwajalein in February 1944
Young native population from Kwajalein Atoll coming to dedication ceremony after successful invasion of Kwajalein Atoll...
Young native population from Kwajalein unloaded from a military truck for the dedication announcing United States control of the islands in February 1944
Young native population from Kwajalein unloaded from military truck for the dedication announcing United States control...
Zinnias in a flowerbed, Saipan, 1945
Slide. Pink zinnias in a flowerbed. Saipan. 1945

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