Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO)

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Observers spotting enemy positions in the Philippines in 1945
"Observers spotting enemy positions." Baguio, Philippines [1945]
Observing fire from a battery of 105mm howitzers during the battle for Carlson Island, Kwajalein Atoll in February 1944
7th Infantry Division men, one using while others in background surrounded by 105mm shells. 'W-CPA-44-107-Y. Weaver....
Ocean at sunrise, Hawaii, 1945
Slide. Young man adjusting a ground sailboat next to the ocean during sunrise. Hawaii. 1945
Officer aboard the USS Rutland in 1945
Officer aboard the USS Rutland in 1945.
Officer walking off podium after dedication ceremony of the newly built Little Falls Cemetery at Attu in the Aleutian Islands in June 1943
Officer walking off podium after dedication ceremony of the newly built Little Falls Cemetery. The cemetery was created...
Officers aboard the USS Rutland in 1945
Officers aboard the USS Rutland. From donor's notes: "Officers." 1945
Officers and men of an aircraft carrier line up for Captain's inspection at sea in September 1944
417.Photograph. 'File Number: 239250 September 5, 1944 Shipboard Review Officers and men of first-line aircraft carrier...
Officers from the USS Rutland enjoy beer on Ulithi in May 1945
Officers from the USS Rutland enjoy cold beer on Ulithi in May 1945. From donor's notes: "Comm. [Commander] Hutton, Etc...
Officers look on from a platform and a bugler plays his horn for the dedication ceremony of the newly built Little Falls Cemetery at Attu, Aleutian Islands in June 1943
Officers look on from a platform and a bugler plays his horn near his band for the dedication ceremony of a newly built...
Officers mugging for the camera outside of the officer's mess in Eniwetok, Marshall Islands on 28-29 December 1945
Officers mugging for the camera outside of the officer's mess. "Filling up ocean. After closing the club, the next day...
Officers' club buildings in Samar, Leyte circa 1945-46
Officers' club buildings. "The best little club in the Pacific. Officer's club, Samar, Leyte, 15 cent drink. Built by...
Officers' mess at Cape Gloucester, New Britain in August 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. Officers mess on Cape Gloucester. "Base camp supply depot set up at Cape...
Official U. S. Navy Map of Western Pacific
Official U. S. Navy Map of Western Pacific 'Pacific Pearl Harbor to China 'File No: 45255 Period of Allied Offense' No...
Official U. S. Navy Map of Western Pacific Pearl Harbor to China
Official U. S. Navy Map of Western Pacific Pearl Harbor to China 'File No: 45256 Period of Japan's Offensive' No date
Official U. S. Navy Map of Western Pacific with larger scale inserts for the Marianas
Official U. S. Navy Map of Western Pacific with larger scale inserts for the Marianas.'File No: 45735' No date.
One First Division Marine comforts another after he witnessed the death of his buddy on Shuri, east of Naha, capital of Okinawa in April 1945
602.Photograph 'CINCPAC 08106 Released: 16 May 1945 My Buddy One Marine comforts another when the latter broke down and...
One of Japanese soldiers wounded and captured during Manila street fighting in the Philippines on 5 February 1945
"One of Japs [Japanese] wounded and captured in Manila street fighting." 5 February 1945
One of the camps where Earl O'Neill and his fellow soldiers lived in New Guinea during World War II
One of the camps where Earl O'Neill and his fellow soldiers lived in New Guinea during World War II. "Our house."
One of the USS Iowa's 5 inch guns fires at a distant target in October 1944
One of the USS Iowa's 5 inch guns aft fires at a distant target, its muzzle spouting a jet of flame and smoke in...
One soldier inside a large crater created by a Japanese bomb, supposedly laying mines as another soldier looks on Talesea, at New Britain in 1944
One soldier inside a large crater created by a Japanese bomb, supposedly laying mines as another soldier looks on. "...
One soldier steadies a ladder as another climbs it after crossing a river, probably in Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands in the 1940s
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. One soldier steadies a ladder as another, in leggings and full gear, climbs it...
One soldier takes notes as two others look at a Howitzer breech at Cape Gloucester, New Britain in September 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. One soldier takes notes as two others look at a Howitzer breech. "Maintenance is...
One US Marine stands below American flag on top of Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima in February 1945
One US Marine stands below American flag on top of Mount Suribachi, looking down onto large US Navy vessels in harbor...
Open-face wooden, stage-type structure possibly at Clark Field, Luzon, Philippinesduring World War II
Open-face wooden, stage-type structure possibly at Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines during World War II
Oscar L. Miles holding a baby koala in Brisbane, Australia on 25 December 1942
Oscar L. Miles holding a baby koala. "O. Landon Miles at Brisbane, Australia, Christmas 1942." Brisbane, Australia. 25...
Oscar L. Miles onboard an LCI in the Southwest Pacific circa 1943-45
Oscar L. Miles gives instructions on a telephone aboard USS LCI(L)-226, while a signal man looks on. "Cap. Miles,...
Oscar L. Miles onboard an LCI in the Southwest Pacific circa 1943-45
Oscar L. Miles onboard USS LCI(L)-226. "(Note beard). Darling, will [illegible] later, must go now." Southwest Pacific...
Oscar L. Miles poses for a photograph aboard his landing craft in the Southwest Pacific Area circa 1943-45
Oscar L. Miles, holding a pair of binoculars, poses for a photograph aboard his landing craft. The ship's compass is to...
Outdoor funeral service for deceased Marines, Kwajalein Atoll, 1944
Outdoor funeral service with Marines gathered around graves marked with small white sticks. "Heroes of the fight for...
Outdoor theater for US military personnel, Pacific Theater, 1945-46
Outdoor theatre for the 20th Air Forces; for movies and other entertainment. Pacific Theater. 1945-46
Outdoor theater on Tinian in late 1945
The 504th Bombardment Group's outdoor theater on Tinian. One U.S. serviceman stands in front lookingup. "504th theater...
Outrigger canoes docked on an empty shore in the Philippines in 1944
Outrigger canoes docked on an empty shore. "Philippine countryside scenes." Philippines. 1944.
P-38 Lighting in flight, Pacific Theater, 1945-46
P-38 Lighting in flight, as seen from below. Pacific Theater. 1945-46
P-38 Lightning landing on a runway in the Pacific Theater, 1945-46
P-38 Lightning landing on runway. Pacific Theater. 1945-46
P-38 Lightnings maneuvering on a runway on Guam, 1944-45
Lockheed P-38 Lightnings maneuvering on runway. Note Quonset huts on opposite side of tarmac. "Our planes - Guam." Guam...
P-39 airplane being lifted by wrecker in the Aleutian Islands c. 1943.
Four soldiers rigging a P-39 airplane for lift by wreacker during retrieval operation after a crash in the Aleutian...

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