Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO)

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A Japanese prisoner looks closely at something with an American soldier at Talasea, New Britain in August 1944
A Japanese prisoner with a large paper "Prisoner of War" tag around his neck and shaved head looks closely at something...
A Japanese prisoner of war digs a foxhole on Tarawa, 1943-1944
Japanese prisoners of war; one is digging a foxhole. "Jap prisoners dig fox holes on Tarawa." Tarawa, Gilbert Islands....
A Japanese ship sunk by US bombers in San Fernando Harbor in the Philippines in 1945
"Jap [Japanese] ship sunk by US bombers in San Fernando Harbor." [1945], Philippines.
A Japanese soldier and his family in Hiroshima, Japan in 1945
A Japanese soldier and his family walk along a pier; a ship can be seen behind them. "Hiroshima. Jap soldier and...
A Japanese soldier returning home. Hiroshima, Japan. 1945
Japanese soldier walks along a pier, away from a ship, and carrying a large pack over one shoulder; "Jap soldier comes...
A jeep being pulled from the water by a bulldozer, Philippine Islands (probably), 1944-1945
A jeep, surrounded by soldiers, is being pulled from the water by a bulldozer; an LVT (Landing Vehicle, Tracked) on the...
A jeep drives ashore on a Pacific island, 1944-1945
A jeep drives down the ramp of an LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) from the USS Aquarius (AKA-16). "2191-." "U....
A jeep drives down a dirt road through a jungle on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands on 1 March 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. A jeep drives down a dirt road through jungle on Guadalcanal. "Road cut through...
A jeep is lowered into an LCVP on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands on 9 March 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. A jeep is lowered into an LCVP [Landing Craft Vehicle, Personnel] PA 49-15 by a...
A jeep parked in front of a base camp supply depot at Cape Gloucester, New Britain in August 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. A jeep parked in front of a building with a sign reading "Chemical Warfare", two...
A jeep tows what is possibly a 37mm anti-tank gun off of an LCVP during amphibious training at Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands on 12 March 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. A jeep tows what is possibly a 37mm anti-tank gun off of an LCVP [Landing Craft...
A jeep with a mounted .50 cal machine gun tows another jeep out of the water after disembarking from an LCM on 12 March 1944 on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. A jeep with a mounted .50 cal machine gun tows another jeep out of the water...
A Jewish grave marker for Sergeant Edward Rothafel, 245th Field Artillery Bn (105mm How Trac-D), on Leyte in the Philippines on 9 July 1943
A Jewish grave marker for Sergeant Edward G Rothafel, 245th Field Artillery Bn (105mm How Trac-D), on Leyte in the...
A kamikaze plane crashes into the ocean near an Essex class aircraft carrier on Iwo Jima in February 1945
A kamikaze plane crashes into the ocean near an Essex class aircraft carrier; anti-aircraft fire surrounds the vessel....
A Kawasaki Ki-108 at an unknown location
A Kawasaki Ki-108 at an unknown location. "Nip plane." Probably on New Guinea.
A landing craft in the water at New Britain in September 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. A landing craft in the water. "Landing craft are beached for repair and...
A Landing Craft Mechanized is towed out of the water at an unknown location in the 1940s
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. A Landing Craft Mechanized is towed out of the water. "LCM"s are hoisted out on...
A large tree fortified with sandbags and lumber used as a coastal defense at New Britain in August 1944
A large tree fortified with sandbags and lumber used as coastal defense position. "Coastal defense positions are...
A line of American P-51 fighter planes on Iwo Jima, 1945-46
P-51 Mustangs lined up on runway. The closest airplane has the nose art "Moonshine McSwine." "P-51's - Iwo." Iwo Jima....
A line of American P-51 fighter planes on Iwo Jima, 1945-46
P-51 Mustangs lined up on runway. "P-51's - Iwo."'Iwo Jima. 1945-46
A line of troop transport ships head towards an invasion site at an unknown location, presumably for the 40th Infantry Division amphibious training in June 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. A line of troop transport ships heads toward invasion sight, presumably for 40th...
A local boy climbs a palm tree with bare hands and feet on Guam, 1944-45
Local boy climbing palm tree with bare hands and feet. "Guam." Guam. 1944-45
A local child washes clothing in a stream on Guam, 1944-45
Local child of Guam washing clothing in a stream. "Local laundry - Guam." Guam. 1944-45
A local family at the entrance to their dwelling on Guam, 1944-45
Local family of Guam, with six small children, posing in doorway.'"Guam Locals." Guam. 1944-45
A local Guamanian man and children ride a cart pulled by a carabao in 1945 on Guam
A local Guamanian man and children ride a cart pulled by a carabao/water buffaol in 1945 on Guam
A local Guamanian man rides a cart pulled by a carabao in 1945 on Guam
A local Guamanian man rides a cart pulled by a carabao in 1945 on Guam. "Caribou and Native, Guam."
A local man climbs a coconut tree in New Guinea during World War II
A local man climbs a coconut tree in New Guinea during World War II.
A local man creates a basket from reeds at New Guinea in the 1940s
Pacific Islander creating basket from reeds. 194-
A local splits a coconut for a soldier in Papua New Guinea while a child looks on during World War II
A local splits a coconut for a soldier in Papua New Guinea while a child looks on during World War II.
A local woman and infant on Guam, 1944-45
Local woman of Guam with infant. "Local and offspring - Guam." Guam. 1944-45
A local woman, wearing Western clothing, on Guam, 1944-45
Local woman of Guam in Western clothing. "Local gal - Guam." Guam. 1944-45
A Lockheed P-38 Lightning sits on an unknown runway in the Pacific during World War II
A Lockheed P-38 Lightning sits on an unknown runway in the Pacific during World War II. Probably on New Guinea.
A lone local woman doing laundry in a war damaged landscape on Guam, 1944-45
Local woman of Guam washing clothing in stream, debris and rubble surround her. "Local laundry - Guam." Guam. 1944-45
A lone soldier looks over coastal defenses at Cape Gloucester, New Britain in August 1944
A lone soldier looks over coastal defenses of New Britain. "Coastal defense positions are prepared at possible attack...
A M4 Sherman tank moves towards a jungle of palm trees and smoke on Kwajalein Atoll, 1944
Rear view of a M4 Sherman tank moving towards a jungle of palm trees and a pillar of smoke. "Rolling into Kwajalein."...

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