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LSTs move through the water during amphibious training exercises with the 40th Infantry Division in June 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. LSTs move through the water during amphibious training exercises with the 40th...
LSTs unload their cargo on Iwo Jima beaches in February 1945
LST's [Landing Ship, Tank] unload their cargo on Iwo Jima beaches. Official caption: "LSTs unload their cargo on Iwo's...
Lt. Brett aboard the USS Rutland in 1945
Lt. Brett aboard the USS Rutland wearing helmet and Mae West life belt. From donor's notes: "Lt. Brett in battle dress...
Lt. Christino Refuerzo, 121st Philippino Regiment, visits with friends moving to safety of Alacan, Luzon in the Philippines on 27 January 1945
"Lt. Christino Refuerzo, 121st Philippino Regt, visits with friends moving to safety of Alacan, Luzon." 27 January 1945
Lt. Colonel Greenwood going over paperwork at his desk at the 251st Station Hospital at Cape Gloucester, New Britain on 15 August 1944
Lt. Col. L.S. Greenwood going over paperwork at his desk at the 251st Station Hospital. "Lt Col Greenwood, CO, 251st...
Lt. Thomas D Rawlings on the telephone at Cape Gloucester, New Britain in 15 August 1944
Lieutenant. Thomas D. Rawlings sits behind his desk and talks on the telephone. "Lt. Thomas Rawlings, supply officer,...
Lumber and sandbags used as a coastal defense position at New Britain in August 1944
Lumber and sandbags used as a coastal defense position. "Coastal defense positions are prepared at possible attack...
LVT(A)-1 speeds over dunes in the Pacific in March 1944
LVT [Landing vehicle, tracked]. "File No. OOR-44971. March 9, 1944. New 'Water Buffalo' joins the Fleet --- These...
LVTs coming ashore on Iwo Jima beach in February 1945
LVTs [Landing Vehicle Tracked]/amphibious tanks coming ashore on Iwo Jima Beach, as seen from an unidentified landing...
LVTs moving ashore during the invasion of Iwo Jima in February 1945
LVT-79 and LVT-78 [Landing Vehicle Tracked]/amphibious tanks moving ashore during Invasion of Iwo Jima. Official...
LVTs moving toward Iwo Jima coastline in February 1945
LVTs [Landing Vehicle Tracked]/amphibious tanks moving toward Iwo Jima coastline. Official caption:'"Amtracs head for...
LVTs or amphibious tanks unloading into ocean from LST-787 on Iwo Jima on 19 February 1945
LVTs [Landing Vehicle Tracked] or amphibious tanks unloading into ocean from LST-787 [Landing Ship, Tank]. LST-787 has...
LVTs with Marines during the invasion of Iwo Jima on 19 February 1945
LVTs [Landing Vehicle Tracked]/amphibious tanks full of Marines in Pacific Ocean moving toward Iwo Jima coastline...
LVTs [Landing Vehicle Tracked] or amphibious tanks moving toward Iwo Jima beaches on 19 February 1945
LVTs [Landing Vehicle Tracked] or amphibious tanks moving toward Iwo Jima beaches. Official caption:'"Assault waves of...
M10 tank destroyer and US soldiers in a jungle in the Pacific Theater, 1943-1945
M10 tank destroyer in a jungle with a group of US soldiers seated on it and standing near it; a ¼- ton truck parked on...
M4 tank of 1st Cavalry hits mine near Manila on 9 March 1945
"M4 tank of 1st Cav hits mine near Manila." 9 March 1945
Machine gun barrels display holes from rounds exiting out the sides of the barrel at Sansapor Airfield in 1944
Bullet holes in machine gun barrels leaning on supply boxes; bullets exited barrel sides when they got too hot. '"...
Magellan Monument, Umatac, Guam in 1945
Magellan Monument, Umatac, Guam in 1945. "Magellan's Monument. In the village of Telefofo. Erected 1552. Guam 45."
Magellan Monument, Umatac, Guam in 1945
Magellan Monument, Umatac, Guam in 1945. "Magellan Monument."Umatac, Guam in 1945
Major General Charles Corlett speaking to members of the 7th Infantry Division at a table, map spread in front of them in February 1944 at Kwajalein
Major General Charles H. Corlett '"Cowboy Pete", commander of the 7th Infantry Division, speaking to members of the 7th...
Major General Charles H. Corlett speaking to members of the 7th Infantry Division on Kwajalein in January 1944
Major General Charles H. Corlett 'Cowboy Pete', commander of the 7th Infantry Division, speaking to members of the 7th...
Major General Corlett, commander of the 7th Infantry Division during their attack on Kwajalein, shaking hands with Brigadier General Arnold in February 1944
Major General Charles H. Corlett, "Cowboy Pete", commander of the 7th Infantry Division during their attack on...
Major General Rapp Brush looks over a map with a magnifying glass at Cape Gloucester in August 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. Maj. Gen. Rapp Brush, commanding officer of the 40th Infantry Division, looks...
Makeshift watercraft grounded at a military camp
Slide. Single-person, makeshift watercraft grounded by a clothesline at a military camp. Saipan, Northern Mariana...
Male entertainer on stage at USO show in the Pacific Theater, 1944-45
Male entertainer on stage at USO show. Pacific Theater. 1944-45
Man in New Caledonia in 1944-45
Native New Caledonian older man in Western clothing. New Caledonia. 1944-45
Man on road grader, Alaska c.1943.
Man on road grader, probably plowing snow in Alaska c.1943.
Man silhouetted again Pacific Ocean on Guam in 1945
Man silhouetted again Pacific Ocean. Taken on Guam circa 1945.
Man standing with unidentified tanks on platform near river, Alaska c.1943
Man standing with unidentified tanks on platform near river in wooded area, probably Alaska c.1943
Mangled Japanese soldiers near a truck on Kwajalein Island in February 1944
Mangled Japanese corpse near truck on Kwajalein. 'W-CPA-44-106-CJ. 2/4. Ellner. One of the Japs who tried to get back...
Manila burns! the Japanese set city on fire and retreated south of Pasig River at Manila in the Philippines on 5 February 1945
"Manila burns! Japs set city on fire and retreated south of Pasig River." 5 February 1945
Manila burns! The Japanese set city on fire and retreated south of Pasig River at Manila in the Philippines on 5 February 1945
"Manila burns! Japs set city on fire and retreated south of Pasig River." 5 February 1945
Manila burns! The Japanese set the city on fire and retreated south of Pasig River at Manila in the Philippines on 5 February 1945
"Manila burns! Japs set city on fire and retreated south of Pasig River." 5 February 1945
Manila from Quezo Bridge in February 1945
"Manila from Quezo Bridge." February 1945

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