Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO)

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A pile of Japanese flamethrowers in their original shipping boxes at New Britain in the 1940s
A pile of Japanese flamethrowers in their original shipping boxes. "Captured enemy [Japanese] flame throwers." New...
A piper cub plane in the air over New Britain in September 1944
A piper cub plane in the air over New Britain. "L-4...
A Piper J-3 Cub airplane flies low over a field to gather a message on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands on 23 February 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. A Piper J-3 Cub airplane (a.k.a. L-4) flies low over a field to gather a...
A Piper J-3 Cub flies low over a small jungle creek at an unknown location in the 1940s
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. A Piper J-3 Cub (L-4) flies low over a small jungle creek, soldiers and their...
A Piper J-3 Cub flies low over the ground to pick up a message via field panel on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands on 23 February 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. A Piper J-3 Cub (a.k.a. L-4) flies low over the ground of Guadalcanal to pick up...
A quad .50 Cal machine gun mounted on a half track is manned by Btry A, 209th AAA Battalion on the Villa Verde Trail near Carranglan in the Philippines on 7 April 1945
"Quad 50 cal machine gun mounted on half track manned by Btry A, 209th AAA Bn, Villa Verde Trail." 7 April 1945
A raft made from oil drums used to ferry troops across the Tuhihan River at Manila in the Philippines on 4 February 1945
"Raft made from oil drums used at ferry troops across Tuhihan River." 4 February 1945
A ration dump and supply depot on Cape Gloucester, New Britain in August 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. Ration dump and Supply Depot on Cape Gloucester, a jeep driving by. "Base camp...
A residential district of Nagasaki undamaged by the second atomic bomb in Japan on 22 September 1945
"Residential district of Nagasaki undamaged by 2nd Atomic bomb." 22 September 1945
A residential district of Nagasaki undamaged by the second atomic bomb in Japan on 22 September 1945
"Residential district of Nagasaki undamaged by 2nd Atomic bomb." 22 September 1945
A residential district of Nagasaki undamaged by the second atomic bomb in Japan on 22 September 1945
"Residential district of Nagasaki undamaged by 2nd Atomic bomb." 22 September 1945
A residential district of Nagasaki undamaged by the second atomic bomb in Japan on 22 September 1945
"Residential district of Nagasaki undamaged by 2nd Atomic bomb." 22 September 1945
A residential district of Nagasaki undamaged by the second atomic bomb in Japan on 22 September 1945
"Residential district of Nagasaki undamaged by 2nd Atomic bomb." 22 September 1945
A residential district of Nagasaki undamaged by the second atomic bomb in Japan on 22 September 1945
"Residential district of Nagasaki undamaged by 2nd Atomic bomb." 22 September 1945
A residential district of Nagasaki undamaged by the second atomic bomb in Japan on 22 September 1945
"Residential district of Nagasaki undamaged by 2nd Atomic bomb." 22 September 1945
A residential district of Nagasaki undamaged by the second atomic bomb in Japan on 22 September 1945
"Residential district of Nagasaki undamaged by 2nd Atomic bomb." 22 September 1945
A rifle squad fires a salute to American dead at a cemetery on Kwajalein Atoll, 1944
Rifle squad fires a salute to American dead at cemetery on a beach; an American flag flies at half-mast. "Salute to...
A row of five Dodge WC-54 ambulances parked outside the tents of the 251st Station Hospital at Cape Gloucester, New Britain in 1944
A row of five Dodge WC-54 ambulances parked outside the tents of the 251st Station Hospital. "251st Station Hospital,...
A sailor preacher leads hymn singing aboard a Coast Guard manned LST on 18 February 1945
"4057 Enlisted man takes over the 'pulpit - A sailor preacher leads hymn singing and gives the Lord's word to his...
A salvo from the 16' guns of the USS Iowa heads out for the target during a 'dress rehearsal' for a Pacific landing operation in October 1944
291.Photograph. USS Iowa. '256591 October 26, 1944 'Big I' Bellow--- In a tremendous gust of smoke and flame, a salvo...
A serviceman at an airfield in the Pacific during World War II
A serviceman at an airfield in the Pacific during World War II. A the tail of a Lockheed P-38 Lightning is seen in the...
A serviceman poses in front of "Texas Longhorn" a Curtiss P-40E Warhawk from the 49th Fighter Group flown by John Landers on Port Moresby, New Guinea in December 1942
A serviceman poses in front of "Texas Longhorn" a Curtiss P-40E Warhawk from the 49th Fighter Group flown by John...
A serviceman poses in front of "Texas Longhorn" a Curtiss P-40E Warhawk from the 49th Fighter Group flown by John Landers on Port Moresby, New Guinea in December 1942
A serviceman poses in front of "Texas Longhorn" a Curtiss P-40E Warhawk from the 49th Fighter Group flown by John...
A serviceman works in a V-mail reprinting area in Papua New Guinea in 1944
V-mail operation in the field at APO 929. "The reprint section, with a view of the reprint or Model ? enlarger which...
A ship full of nurses and doctors arrive on Cape Gloucester to set up the 251st Station Hospital at New Britain in August 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. A ship full of nurses and doctors arrive on Cape Gloucester to set up the 251st...
A Singer Sewing Machine storefront in Baybay in the Philippines in 1944
"An office of the Singer Sewing Machine Co. in the Philippines. This one is located in Bay-Bay. Most every Filipino...
A single file line of soldiers carrying gear march down a road in the Philippines in 1944
A single file line of soldiers carrying gear march down a road in the Philippines. [Philippines. 1944]
A small chapel and a few other small buildings in a grassy area in New Caledonia in 1943
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. A small chapel and a few other small buildings in a grassy area in New Caledonia...
A soldier adjusts an image enlarger during V-mail film processing in Papua New Guinea in 1944
V-mail operation in the field at APO 929. "View of the continuous enlarger on which the image on the film is enlarged...
A soldier appears to hold up the remains of an item found in the site behind him at an unknown location in the Pacific during World War II
A soldier appears to hold up the remains of an item found in the site behind him at an unknown location in the Pacific...
A soldier climbs up a ladder after crossing a shallow river, probably on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands in the 1940s
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. A view from above of a soldier as he climbs up a ladder after crossing a shallow...
A soldier crosses a river by canoe ferry in the Pacific during World War II
A soldier crosses a river by canoe ferry in the Pacific during World War II. Huts can be seen on the ridge. Probably on...
A soldier displays a captured Japanese flag at an unknown Pacific location
A soldier displays a captured Japanese flag at an unknown Pacific location. Probably on New Guinea.

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