Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO)

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7th Infantry Division soldiers walking over the remains of a Japanese power plant on Carlson Island, Kwajalein Atoll in January 1944
7th Infantry Division soldiers walking over destroyed Japanese power plant. 'W-CPA-44-107-AR. 1/31.Weaver. A mass of...
7th Infantry Division soldiers with water cooled anti-aircraft gun and tombstone drum on Kwajalein in January 1944
7th Infantry Division soldiers with water cooled antiaircraft gun and tombstone drum. Gun is named 'Scatter brain.' 'W-...
7th Infantry Division soldiers, some wearing checkered clothes on their backs as part of an advanced assault unit on Kwajalein Island in February 1944
7th Infantry Division soldiers, some wearing checkered clothes on their backs as part of an advanced assault unit;...
8th Cavalry Regiment troops enter Manila in the Philippines on 5 February 1945
"8th Cav Regt troops enter Manila, Luzon." 5 February 1945
A "crossing the line" ceremony in the Pacific Ocean on 1 October 1944
A "crossing the line" ceremony. "Crossing equator USS Monrovia, alias Del Argentina, Miss. Shipping Co., Delta Line,...
A .30 Cal machine gun guards the bridge on Batangas Road, Luzon in the Philippines on 15 March 1945
"30 cal (light) air cooled machine gun guards bridge on Batangas Road, Luzon." 15 March 1945
A 105mm howitzer blasts an Intramuros wall at point blank range in Manila in 1945
"105mm howitzer blasts Intramurals wall at point blank range." [1945]
A 150 mm Japanese howitzer near Calot, Luzon in the Philippines in 1945
"150 mm Jap [Japanese] howitzer near Calot, Luzon." [1945]
A 158th Regimental Combat Team casualty receives plasma at front lines in the Philippines in 1945
"158 RCT casualty receives plasma at front lines." [1945], Philippines. The 158th Regimental Combat Team was also known...
A 32nd Infantry Regiment soldier arranges flowers to form a "32"'on a wreath in Little Falls Cemetery at Attu in the Aleutian Islands in June 1943
A 32nd Infantry Regiment soldier arranges flowers to form a "32"'on a wreath in Little Falls Cemetery,'created for...
A 37 mm anti-tank gun firing in the Philippines in 1945
"37 mm anti-tank gun firing." [1945]
A 37th Division mortar squad fires on Japanese in Intramuros from an apartment rooftop in Manila on 18 February 1945
"37th Div mortar squad fires on Japs in Intramurals from apartment rooftop." 18 February 1945
A 37th Infantry Division soldier carries his ammo in a commandeered wheelbarrow at Manila in the Philippines in 1945
"37th Div soldier carries his ammo in commandeered wheelbarrow, Manila." [1945]
A 40 mm gun crew aboard a light cruiser during a shakedown
"2098 - 135 photos - 2098. For Release: PM papers. January 31, 1944. Shakedown: The task of quickly developing fighting...
A 5th Cavalry trooper guards the main street of San Pablo with a water cooled .30 Cal machine gun during tropical rain near Pampanga in the Philippines in 1945
"5th Cav trooper guards main street of San Pablo with water cooled 30 cal machine gun during tropical rain." [1945]
A 7th Infantry Division soldier during a battle, prone position with an M1 Garand, using a piece of Japanese artillery for protection in January 1944
A 7th Infantry Division soldier during a battle, prone position with an M1 Garand, using a piece of Japanese artillery...
A B-29 in flight over US ships near Iwo Jima, 1945-46
Single B-29 Superfortress in flight over US naval vessels. "Iwo." Iwo Jima. 1945-46
A band aboard the USS Iowa performs for the ship's crew in October 1944
Biak. "File No: 256602 October 26, 1944 'Beating Out' Boredom-- Despite the incessant activity, monotony sometimes...
A bare-bones American laundry facility on Guam, 1944-45
US airmen operating washing machines and reading under canvas tents; clothes dry in background. "Our squadron laundry...
A battleship maneuvers ahead of an Independence class carrier which has just launched its planes in January 1945
413. Photograph. 'File No: 289617 January 2, 1945 Pacific maneuvers meant a mighty array of warships on parade. But in...
A beach and cliff at Kualoa, Hawaii, 1941-45
A beach and cliff on a Hawaiian coastline. "Kualoa." Kualoa, Hawaii. 1941-45
A beached Daihatsu-class landing craft
A beached Daihatsu-class landing craft. "Jap landing barge." Probably on New Guinea.
A beached Daihatsu-class landing craft
"Nip landing barge." Probably on New Guinea.
A beached transport at an unknown location in the Pacific
A beached transport at an unknown location in the Pacific. Probably on New Guinea.
A blindfolded Japanese prisoner is surrounded by Australian soldiers during World War II, probably in New Guinea
A blindfolded Japanese prisoner is surrounded by Australian soldiers during World War II, probably in New Guinea.
A bomb damaged wooden chapel in the Philippines in 1944
A bomb damaged wooden chapel. "Not all of the church buildings are as elaborate as the previous one. This view shows a...
A brick structure with mountains in the background at Kualoa, Hawaii, 1941-45
Brick structure, mountains in background. "Kualoa." Kualoa, Hawaii. 1941-45
A brig ward for POWs or other patients that need to be locked up at the 251st Station Hospital at Cape Gloucester, New Britain on 15 August 1944
Oversized cages. "The "brig" ward for POWs or other patients to be locked up, 251st Station Hospital, New Britain."...
A bulldozer is unloaded from a LCM during amphibious training on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands on 9 March 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. A bulldozer is unloaded from a LCM [Landing Craft Mechanized] during amphibious...
A camp set up beneath hundreds of palm trees probably at Guadalcanal in 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. Camp set up beneath hundreds of palm trees, a soldier reads over a bulletin...
A canopy of smoke rises from the shores of Guam as Navy guns and planes hammer the Japanese base on 21 July 1944
502.Photograph. 'File Number: 59458 August 2, 1944 Jap [Japanese] funeral pyre on Guam A towering canopy of gray and...
A captured Type 93 Japanese flamethrower is measured at New Britain in August 1944
A captured Type 93 Japanese flamethrower is measured. "Captured Japanese flame throwers are analyzed for weapons...
A Catholic shrine dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes at BayBay, Leyte in the Philippines in 1944
A Catholic shrine. "The Filipinos, though, for the most part, are a deeply religious people and are predominantly of...

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