Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO)

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A CCKW during construction on Cape Gloucester, New Britain in August 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. A crane loading lumber into the back of a CCKW (Deuce and a half, 2 ½ ton truck)...
A CCKW truck drives onto a shore from an LCM at an unknown location in the 1940s
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. A CCKW (Deuce and a half) truck drives onto a shore from an LCM (Landing Craft...
A CCKW truck tows an artillery piece onto a shore during amphibious training on Guadalcanal in March 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. A CCKW or 2 ½ ton truck tows an artillery piece onto a shore during amphibious...
A ceremony at a village on Papua New Guinea during World War II
A ceremony at a village on Papua New Guinea during World War II.
A ceremony at a village on Papua New Guinea during World War II
A ceremony at a village on Papua New Guinea during World War II.
A ceremony at a village on Papua New Guinea during World War II
A ceremony at a village on Papua New Guinea during World War II.
A ceremony at a village on Papua New Guinea during World War II
A ceremony at a village on Papua New Guinea during World War II.
A ceremony at a village on Papua New Guinea during World War II
A ceremony at a village on Papua New Guinea during World War II.
A ceremony at a village on Papua New Guinea during World War II
A ceremony at a village on Papua New Guinea during World War II.
A ceremony at a village on Papua New Guinea during World War II
A ceremony at a village on Papua New Guinea during World War II.
A ceremony at a village on Papua New Guinea during World War II
A ceremony at a village on Papua New Guinea during World War II.
A church and tropical village at the water's edge on Guam, 1944-45
Tropical village with church as seen from other side of bay. Same village is visible in 2012.216.110. "Guam." Guam....
A church and tropical village at the water's edge on Guam, 1944-45
Local village, with church, on the shore at the foot of mountains. As seen from across a bay, bunker in foreground....
A close-up of an LST with several men on deck during the 40th Infantry Division's amphibious training at an unknown site in June 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. A close-up of an LST with several men on deck during 40th Infantry Division...
A clothesline filled with soldiers' laundry hangs at an unknown location in the Pacific during World War II
A clothesline filled with soldiers' laundry hangs at an unknown location in the Pacific during World War II. Probably...
A commanding officer at the periscope of a U.S. submarine.
"File No: TR 5042D. Torpedo Attack - A commanding officer at the periscope of a U.S. submarine, ready to loose...
A Company, 1st Battalion, 151st Infantry on Carabao Island in the Philippines on 16 April 1945
""A" Company, 1st Bn, 151st Inf on Garaboa Island, PI." 16 April 1945
A convoy fords a river to cut off the escape of the retreating Japanese army near Santa Cruz, Luzon in the Philippines in 1945
"Convoy fords river to cut off escape of retreating Jap Army near Santa Cruz, Luzon. [1945]
A convoy of landing craft in the Pacific in 1945
A photograph taken from USS LCS(L)(3)96, which is traveling in a convoy. Pacific Ocean. 1945
A couple of soldiers pose with indigenous Australians
A couple of soldiers pose with indigenous Australians.
A crane lifts a crate near a warehouse on Guam, 1945-46
Large crane moving a crate near a warehouse. There is a large pile of crates and military personnel. "Guam." See also...
A crane lifts a crate near a warehouse on Guam, 1945-46
Large crane moving a crate near a warehouse. There is a large pile of crates and military personnel. "Guam." See also...
A crashed P-38 fighter plane in the Pacific Theater, 1944-46
Crashed P-38 Lightning. "COF RTU 29th July 44 23 F5C crash # 42-67547 Restricted." Pacific Theater. 1944-45
A crater in the top of Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima, 1945-46
Aerial view looking down into crater and out onto Pacific Ocean. "Crater in top of Mt. [Mount] Suribachi - Iwo." Iwo...
A crowd gathers at a cockfighting arena in the Philippines in 1944
A crowd gathers at a cockfighting arena. "Here is a view of the crowd that mills around the average cockfight arena...
A Curtiss Warhawk P-40 in New Guinea in 1942
A Curtiss Warhawk P-40 in New Guinea in 1942.
A Curtiss Warhawk P-40 in New Guinea in 1942
A Curtiss Warhawk P-40 in New Guinea in 1942.
A damaged and boarded up residence on Guam, 1944-45
A damaged and boarded up residence. "Guam." Guam. 1944-45
A damaged Japanese dive bomber at an unknown location
A damaged Japanese dive bomber at an unknown location. "Nip Dive Bomber." Probably on New Guinea.
A damaged Japanese Yokosuka D4Y warplane at Talesea Airport, New Britain in September 1944
Damaged Japanese Yokosuka D4Y "Judy" dive bomber in a field. "Captured enemy warplanes at Talesea Airport, New Britain...
A damaged Japanese Yokosuka D4Y warplane at Talesea Airport, New Britain in September 1944
Damaged Japanese Yokosuka D4Y "Judy" dive bomber in a field. "Captured enemy warplanes at Talesea Airport, New Britain...
A damaged neighborhood in Manila in the Philippines in 1945
Damaged neighborhood in Manila. [1945]
A damaged plane at an unknown location
A damaged plane at an unknown location. Probably on New Guinea.
A dead American soldier and the pill box where the hand grenade was thrown from that killed him on Kwajalein in January 1944
Dead American soldier, face up, and pillbox in background where Japanese soldier killed him. 'W-CPA-44-112-DF. 1/31....

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