Date: | 12 26 1943 |
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Description: | Seaman 2nd Class Jerry Burg (left) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Seaman 2nd Class Harold Dawson of Toledo, Ohio, man the plane spotting station on an Americ... |
Date: | 12 26 1943 |
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Description: | Two sailors on an American cruiser returning to base after the bombardment of Cape Gloucester. The bombardment took place before the marine landing. One sa... |
Date: | 12 31 1943 |
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Description: | Elevated view of the loaded deck of a LST (Landing Ship, Tank) on the way from Goodenough Island to Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). On t... |
Date: | 01 02 1944 |
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Description: | At 8:30 am, military vehicles pour off of the LST (Landing Ship, Tank) and along the beach at Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). Doyle's ca... |
Date: | 01 02 1944 |
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Description: | LST (Landing Ship, Tank) on the beach at Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). Soldiers are unloading vehicles and supplies for the Saidor lan... |
Date: | 01 02 1944 |
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Description: | Soldiers push a jeep that is stuck on the rocky beach at the Saidor landing. The open front of the LST (Landing Ship, Tank) is on the left. Another LST can... |
Date: | 01 11 1944 |
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Description: | A soldier is standing on the ramp leading to the camp toilet suspended over the water, with a roll of toilet paper sitting on the edge. On the right is a w... |
Date: | 01 12 1944 |
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Description: | View of two PT (Patrol Torpedo) boats from another PT boat, off of the north coast of New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). PT (Patrol Torpedo) boats ... |
Date: | 01 12 1944 |
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Description: | View of a PT (Patrol Torpedo) boat from another PT boat, off of the north coast of New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). PT (Patrol Torpedo) boats wer... |
Date: | 01 18 1944 |
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Description: | Three soldiers view an old damaged indigenous suspension bridge. The soldier with a rifle on the right is Private Marion Tewalt of Viroqua, Wisconsin. The ... |
Date: | 02 03 1944 |
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Description: | Wisconsin artillery officers helping direct the shelling of the Japanese on Saidor's west flank (beyond the point in the background). The officers are, (le... |
Date: | 02 05 1944 |
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Description: | General view of Port Moresby Harbor from road, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). A jeep is on the road on the left. Several soldiers are near a sh... |
Date: | 02 05 1944 |
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Description: | View from road of the exterior of the Allied Officers' Club in Port Moresby, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). It is built on posts above the wate... |
Date: | 08 25 1944 |
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Description: | Aerial view over wing of formation of Douglas C-47 Skytrain cargo and troop transport planes leaves Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). Robe... |
Date: | 08 31 1944 |
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Description: | View from shoreline of Cezembre Island, just north of Saint-Malo on the north coast of France. It was German-occupied until the Allies mounted an operation... |
Date: | 02 20 1945 |
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Description: | The caption in the Milwaukee Journal, says it best, "From the far-off Pacific (somewhere on Kwajalein), the picture of Ensign Ray Hanson and Robert ... |
Date: | 02 22 1945 |
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Description: | The batter swings at an exhibition baseball game on a Naval Base on Kwajalein Island of the Marshall Islands in the South Pacific. Both teams had Big Leagu... |
Date: | 02 28 1945 |
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Description: | Robert Doyle notes, "Strange island near Pago Pago." He was on Tutuila Island, in American Samoa, in the South Pacific. Palm trees are growing on the shore... |
Date: | 03 02 1945 |
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Description: | A homemade motorboat on the beach on Tarawa Atoll in the South Pacific. Robert Doyle notes that "belly tanks" were used in the boat construction. A buildin... |
Date: | 1943 |
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Description: | Soldiers in battle gear, holding rifles, marching in a long line across a wooden bridge. Across the water is a building on the shoreline with the jungle be... |
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