Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO)

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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....
A dead American soldier in a ditch among destroyed vegetation at Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands in January 1944
Dead American soldier in ditch, among destroyed vegetation. 'W-CPA-44-112-Bn. 1/31. Young. Same dead American soldier,...
A dead body of either Japanese soldier or civilian at the bottom of rocky cliff on Kwajalein in 1944
Dead body of either Japanese soldier or Kwajalein civilian at bottom of rocky cliff. "Suicide." 1944
A dead Japanese soldier and possibly Kwajalein civilians under brush cover on Kwajalein Island in February 1944
Dead Japanese, possibly Kwajalein civilians, under brush cover. 'W-CPA-44-107-BG. 2/3. Weaver. A Jap man and woman,...
A dead Japanese soldier prior to burial on Kwajalein Island in February 1944
Japanese corpse in sand. 'W-CPA-44-107-BL. 2/3. Weaver. Dead Jap, half covered with dirt, before being removed for...
A dead Japanese soldier rests in front of a smoking pillbox on Enubuj Island, Kwajalein Atoll in January 1944
Japanese corpse in front of smoking pillbox; total destruction surrounding body. 'W-CPA-44-106-T. 1/31. Ellner. Burning...
A desolate view of Guadalcanal after brutal fighting there where the trees are completely bare on Hell's Half Acre in 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. A desolate view of Guadalcanal after brutal fighting there, the trees are...
A deuce and a half is lowered into an LCM during amphibious training for the 40th Infantry Division at Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands on 9 March 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. A deuce and a half (2 ½ ton truck) is lowered into an LCM (Landing Craft,...
A deuce and a half pulls an artillery piece from an LCM onto the shores of Guadalcanal during amphibious training exercises in March 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. A deuce and a half (CCKW or 2 ½ ton truck) pulls an artillery piece from an LCM [...
A dirt pathway leads to a hospital tent, part of the 251st Station Hospital at Cape Gloucester, New Britain in 1944
A dirt pathway leads to a hospital tent, part of the 251st Station Hospital. "251st Station Hospital, Cape Gloucester,...
A dirt road lined with thatch roofed houses is busy with Filipinos doing daily chores in the Philippines in 1944
A dirt road lined with thatch roofed houses is busy with Filipinos doing daily chores. "Philippine countryside scenes...
A dock at Cape Gloucester, New Britain in August 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. A dock at Cape Gloucester. "Dock constructed by the military to facilitate ship...
A Douglas C-54 Skymaster at an airfield in New Guinea during World War II
A Douglas C-54 Skymaster at an airfield in New Guinea during World War II.
A female soldier inspects film during the processing of V-mail in Papua New Guinea in 1944
V-mail operation in the field at APO 929. "After processing the film is taken to inspection where it is carefully...
A female soldier processes mail in Papua New Guinea in 1944
A WAC seated at a table handling the mail with a Tech Sgt. seated in the next chair looking at the camera. "John's...
A festival or ritual in New Guinea in the 1940s
Pacific Islanders during festival or ritual. 194-
A Filipino boy sits in a makeshift bath tub in the Philippines in 1944
A Filipino boy sits in a makeshift bath tub. "This little fellow looking with wonder at the camera, has just finished...
A Filipino civilian that survived being buried alive in a shelter by Japanese soldiers in the Philippines on 23 February 1945
"A Filipino civilian survived being buried alive in shelter by Japs." 23 February 1945
A Filipino home coverted into a souvenir shop in the Philippines in 1944
A Filipino home coverted into a souvenir shop. "Another of the Filipino homes converted into a shop. This one offered...
A Filipino man and woman ride on the back of a water buffalo in the Philippines in 1944
A Filipino man and woman ride on the back of a water buffalo. "Philippine countryside scenes." Philippines. 1944.
A Filipino man drives a two-wheeled, horse-drawn cart down a street in the Philippines in 1944
A Filipino man drives a two-wheeled, horse-drawn cart down a street. "A popular mode of conveyance in the Philippines...

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