Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO)

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Hanson, Wilfred Wounded on Okinawa
Wilfred Hanson [Annotator's Note: with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division] was sent to...
Clapper, Joe Wounded on Peleliu
On the way to Peleliu, Joe Clapper's transport pulled into Ulithi, where he saw a small carrier with a hole in it big...
Hall, Clayton Wounded on Peleliu
Clayton Hall was pinned down [Annotator's Note: with Company C, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division...
Lansford, William Wrapping Up Guadalcanal and Heading to New Caledonia
William Lansford took part in the Long Patrol with the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion on Guadalcanal. Most of the time he...
Goodrich, James Wrapping up Guadalcanal and the Cost of Taking Tarawa
James Goodrich and his buddy dug a foxhole. His buddy put a big branch across the top of the hole. Later that night...
Brannon, Mark Wrecked in the Pacific
After the landings at Cape Gloucester [Annotator's Note: Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Papua New Guinea], Mark Brannon...
Beynon, Robert Writing His Book
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Dr. Robert Beynon to describe writing his book, "The Pearl Harbor Avenger, U.S....
Goodwin, Kenneth Writing His Unit's History
Kenneth Raymond Goodwin was a Private First Class [Annotator's Note: while serving with the I...
Leaming, Jack Yokohama POW Camp
Jack Leaming and his pilot were taken to Yokohama. [Annotator's Note: Leaming was the rear gunner in the Douglas SDB...
Roy, William Yorktown Damage Control Photographs
[Annotator's Note: William Roy reviews a series of photographs he captured during the Battle of Midway in June 1942. He...
Roy, William Yorktown Photographer enters the War
William Roy had served in Battleship Division 5 in the Atlantic on the battleship Arkansas [Annotator's Note: USS...
Roy, William Yorktown Photographs from the Battle of Midway
[Annotator's Note: William Roy reviews a series of photographs he captured during the Battle of Midway in June 1942. He...
Roy, William Yorktown's Damage from Coral Sea
[Annotator's Note: William Roy was aboard the USS Yorktown (CV-5) and worked as the ship's photographer as she returned...
Arend, Aloysius "Al" Young Boy to Rifleman
Aloysius "Al" Arend was born in Chicago, Illinois in November 1925. He grew up and spent much of his life in nearby...
'2nd Marine Division Cemetery Tinian Island. Marine Corps in 1945
Aerial view down on 2nd Marine Division cemetery on Tinian Island. Official caption:'"2nd Marine Division Cemetery...
American military camp on Saipan in 1945
Aerial view of the 9th Bombardment Group's military camp on Saipan. "9th Group area." Probably 1945
American runways on Saipan in 1945
Aerial view of American runways on Saipan. "Fighter strip on Saipan." Probably 1945
American runways on Saipan in 1945
Aerial view of American runways on Saipan. "Fighter strip - Saipan." Probably 1945
"Alcan Highway 1767" truck and soldier with duffle bags, Alaska c.1943.
"Alcan Highway 1767" truck and soldier with duffle bags, probably Alaska c.1943.
"Hell's Belle" crew members relaxing, Hawaii, 1945
Slide. Staff Sergeant Jack N. Lebid [front left], Sergeant George Andrews, and Staff Sergeant Angelo M. Campanini...
"Hell's Belle" crew members relaxing, Saipan, 1945
Slide. Four crew members of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress "Hell's Belle" [tail code Z Square 7, serial number 42-24680...
"Hell's Belle" crew members relaxing, Saipan, 1945
Slide. Close-up of Sergeant John M. Birchett [left], Staff Sergeant Jack N. Lebid, and Sergeant George Andrew sitting...
"Hell's Belle" crew members, Saipan, 1945
Slide. Eleven crew members of the Boing B-29 Superfortress "Hell's Belle" [tail code Z Square 7, serieal number 42-...
"Hell's Belle" crew posing for a photograph, Hawaii, 1945
Slide. Crew of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress "Hell's Belle" [tail code Z Square 7, serial number 42-24680] gathered in...
"Hell's Belle" crew posing for a photograph, Hawaii, 1945
Slide. Crew of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress "Hell's Belle" [tail code Z Square 7, serial number 42-24680] gathered in...
"Hell's Belle" enlisted crew members, Saipan, 1944
Slide. The six enlisted crew members of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress "Hell's Belle" [tail code Z Square 7, serial...
"Hoodathunkit" tow truck in the Aleutian Islands c. 1943.
"Hoodathunkit" tow truck wrecker parked on a dirt roadway in the Aleutian Islands c. 1943.
"Klondike" paddle steamer, Yukon River c.1943.
"Klondike"(II) sternwheeler (paddle steamer) running freight between Whitehorse and Dawson City along the Yukon River,...
"Photo Lab" in a Quonset hut in the Pacific Theater, 1944-46
Quonset hut photography laboratory, "Photo lab." Pacific Theater. 1944-46
'Riverside Inn' staff on Tinian in 1945 or 1946
Five American Red Cross women in uniform with other staff servicemen in uniform. They are the staff of the American Red...
.30 cal water cooled MG near Damortis, Luzon in the Philippines in 1945
"30 cal. water cooled MG near Damortis, Luzon." [1945]
.30 cal water-cooled machine gun set up near Catman Hill, Leyte in the Philippines to stop a counterattack on 27 October 1944
".30 cal water cooled MG set up near Catman Hill, Leyte, PI to stop counterattack." 27 October 1944
10" Japanese rocket captured in Luzon City in the Philippines on 27 February 1945
"10" Jap [Japanese] rocket captured in Luzon City, Manila."27 February 1945
105 mm howitzers bombard Japanese positions from grounds of Santo Tomas in Manila in the Philippines on 5 February 1945
"105 mm howitzers bombard Jap positions from grounds of Santo Tomas." Manila. 5 February 1945
105 mm howitzers bombard Japanese positions from grounds of Santo Tomas in Manila in the Philippines on 5 February 1945
"105 mm howitzers bombard Jap positions from grounds of Santo Tomas." Manila. 5 February 1945
105 mm self propelled howitzers prepare to move up to forward positions on 17 February 1945
"105 mm self propelled howitzers prepare to move up to forward positions." 17 February 1945

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