Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO)

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Sgts. John M. Birchett, Lisle Neher, and Elmo C. Steeves posing together, Hawaii, 1945
Slide. [From left to right] Sergeants John M. Birchett, Lisle Neher, and Elmo C. Steeves standing outside with their...
Sgts. Lisle Neher and Angelo M. Campanini posing for a photograph, Saipan, 1945
Slide. Sergeants Lisle Neher [left] and Angelo M. Campanini posing for a photograph; Neher has his arm around Campanini...
Shell hole, San Augustin cathedral in Intramuros at Manila in the Philippines in 1945
"Shell hole, San Augustin cathedral in Intramurals." [1945]
Sherman tank debarking from LST-202, Cape Gloucester
Photograph. M4A1 Sherman tank debarking from USS LST-202 onto a beach; several Coast Guardsmen are on deck and several...
Shinto shrine on Tinian in late 1945
Shinto shrine on Tinian. "Japanese shrine on Tinian." Late 1945
Shinto shrine on Tinian in late 1945
Shinto shrine on Tinian. "Tinian. Roost on shrine (close up)." Late 1945
Shinto shrine on Tinian in late 1945
Damaged torii leading to Shinto shrine on Tinian. "Japanese shrine on Tinian." Late 1945
Shinto shrine on Tinian in late 1945
Shinto shrine on Tinian. Late 1945
Shinto shrine on Tinian in late 1945
Shinto shrine on Tinian. "Tinian. At the top of the steps of the shrine. Restricted area." Late 1945
Ship priest offering communion aboard the USS Rutland in March 1945
Ship priest with attendent offering communion, bread and wine, to sailors aboard the USS Rutland. From donor's notes: "...
Ships in Subic Bay, Phillipines in 1946
Ships in a bay in the Phillipines. "Sunset, Subic Bay. [Illegible] '46. Jap cruiser on bottom sunk by PT boats. Lt....
Ships lay down smoke to screen landing craft loading G.I.s for invasion in the Philippines in 1944
"Ships lay down smoke to screen landing craft loading G.I.s for invasion." [1944]
Shoreline of Guam in 1945
View from a hill looking down to the shoreline of Guam. "View of Guam's shoreline." Probably 1945
Sick bay of the USS Rutland in 1945
Sailors playing cards inside the sick bay of the USS Rutland. From donor's notes: "Sick Bay." 1945
Sick bay on the deck of the USS Rutland in 1945
Sailors underneath tarp in a "sick bay" on the deck of the USS Rutland. From donor's notes: "Sick Bay on #5 Hatch."...
Sidewalk crowds greet troops of the 148th Infantry Regiment, 37th Division as they enter Manila in the Philippines on 5 February 1945
"Sidewalk crowds greet troops of 148th Inf Regiment, 37th Div as they enter Manila." 5 February 1945
Sign for ancient ruins on Tinian in late 1945
Sign for ancient ruins on Tinian; sign in front of ruins reads "Prehistoric ruins left by unknown race which inhabited...
Sign for the 'Times Square Club' on Tinian in late 1945 or early 1946
Sign for the 'Times Square Club' located at '42nd Street and Broadway' on Tinian in late 1945 or early 1946.
Sign regarding Geisha in Tokyo, Japan after 1945
Sign reads "All of these Geisha girls have a venereal disease of some sort. Be sure to take a pro." Probably Tokyo,...
Signalmen with U.S. Navy Commander Wotherspoon aboard the USS Rutland in 1945
Group portrait of the signalmen aboard the USS Rutland with U.S. Navy Commander Alexander Somerville Wotherspoon, the...
Signing of surrender document by General Yamashita at Baguio, Luzon in the Philippines in August 1945
"Signing of surrender document by General Yamashita at Baguio, Luzon, P.I." August 1945
Single story concrete building possibly commandeered by American troops probably in Tokyo, Japan after 1945
Single-story concrete building possibly commandeered by American troops probably in Tokyo, Japan after 1945.
Sisters tell soldiers how Japanese destroyed their church in the Philippines on 16 February 1945
"Sisters tell G.I.'s how Japs destroyed their church." 16 February 1945
Six 16-inch rifles of the U.S.S. Iowa bellow in unison in October 1944
283.Photograph. USS Iowa. '46343 October 26, 1944 Tons of Death Six 16-inch rifles of the U.S.S. Iowa bellow in unison...
Six American soldiers standing in front of "Hoodathunkit" tow truck in the Aleutian Islands c. 1943.
Six American soldiers standing in front of "Hoodathunkit" tow truck wrecker in the Aleutian Islands c. 1943.
Six emaciated Japanese prisoners of war are overseen by an MP at Talasea, New Britain in August 1944
Six emaciated Japanese prisoners of war are overseen by an MP. "Japanese prisoners captured when cut off from their...
Skeletal remains, Saipan, 1945
Side. Small pile of skeletal remains next to a wood post that has Japanese characters written on it. Saipan. 1945
Skink on a branch, Saipan, 1945
Slide. Skink lying on a branch. Saipan. 1945
Sky at sunset, Saipan, 1945
Slide. Tops of trees under the sky at sunset. Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. 1945
Sky at sunset, Saipan, 1945
Slide. Tops of trees under the sky at sunset. Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. 1945
Sky at sunset, Saipan, 1945
Slide. Low-angle view of the sky at sunset. Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. 1945
Small cemetery in Pacific jungle forest on Purata Island near Bougainville, Solomon Islands in 1945
Small cemetery in Pacific jungle forest. Official caption:'"Tiny jungle cemetery on Purata Island near Bougainville....
Small group of 7th Infantry Division soldiers huddling together on a battlefield on Kwajalein in February 1944
Small group of 7th Infantry Division soldiers huddling together on battlefield; smoke from explosion to flush Japanese...
Small Japanese artillery piece inside a small shelter on Guam, 1944-45
Small Japanese howitzer inside cave. "Jap gun - Guam." Guam. 1944-45
Smoke from a distant explosion rises above a field of damaged palm trees on Eniwetok Atoll, February 1944
Smoke rises from a distant explosion beyond a field of damaged palm trees occupied my American soldiers. The smoke is...

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