Date: | 03 1945 |
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Description: | The cemetery for the war dead on Guam. The body of a fighting man who died of wounds received during the battle for Iwo Jima is being lowered into the eart... |
Date: | 05 15 1941 |
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Description: | Three African American field artillery soldiers crossing a creek on a TD-18 diesel crawler tractor (TracTracTor) and 155 mm gun. The soldiers were from Bat... |
Date: | 1944 |
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Description: | U.S. Marines using an International Harvester TracTracTor to transport supplies through muddy soil. Original caption reads: "Soil, principally sandy-mud, a... |
Date: | 1942 |
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Description: | A patrol from the 14th Infantry canoeing in the rain in Panama. Three men in fatigues holding sub-machine guns are sitting in a canoe. |
Date: | 1942 |
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Description: | A sentry wearing fatigues sitting in a tree-top lookout post posing for a photograph in Panama. His sub-machine gun is resting on a section of the lookout ... |
Date: | 1942 |
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Description: | A soldier walks along the edge of a cliff in Panama, behind stacks of cannonballs and a large sign. The man is wearing a uniform and is holding a sub-machi... |
Date: | 08 11 1943 |
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Description: | Crew of four aboard a Higgins boat, also known as a LCVP, which stands for "Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel." Their names, left to right, are Fireman 1st... |
Date: | 08 15 1943 |
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Description: | Three soldiers in a truck drive through mud on Kiriwina Island in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). Jungle foliage is in the back... |
Date: | 10 24 1943 |
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Description: | Robert Doyle's caption says it best, "The ol' swimmin' hole, South Pacific style. Every afternoon it is filled with shouting soldiers in their birthday sui... |
Date: | 11 04 1943 |
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Description: | Twin soldiers, Corporal John Kellner (left) and Private First Class Bob Kellner (right) of Milwaukee get a drink at the lister bag, in the camp on Goodenou... |
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 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 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 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: | 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... |
Date: | 1943 |
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Description: | Small fishing vessels carried supplies for troops marching up the coast towards Buna, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). Here soldiers lower cases ... |
Date: | 1942 |
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Description: | View over water towards the New Guinea coast from a boat. A larger boat is on the right and several smaller craft in the center. A pier is on the shoreline... |
Date: | 04 1945 |
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Description: | A group of war correspondents, soldiers and officers pose outdoors on the sand in front of palm trees for a portrait in Guam. Many are holding a beverage a... |
Date: | 10 24 1943 |
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Description: | Robert Doyle's caption for Image ID: 99742 says it best, "The ol' swimmin' hole, South Pacific style. Every afternoon it is filled with shouting soldiers i... |
Date: | 10 24 1943 |
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Description: | Three officers of General Walter Krueger's staff stand on a log in front of a swimming hole located on Goodenough Island, in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea (p... |
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