Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO)

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Two soldiers in a tractor tow a trailer full of supplies up a mountainside as two natives trek up the hill by foot at Talesea, New Britain in 1944
Two soldiers in a tractor tow a trailer full of supplies up a mountainside as two natives trek up the hill by foot. "...
Two soldiers in the foreground use signal flags to communicate with several soldiers hundreds of feet away while constructing defenses at New Britain in September 1944
Two soldiers in the foreground use signal flags to communicate with several soldiers hundreds of feet away while...
Two soldiers in utility caps work on boat engine at an unknown location in the 1940s
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. Two soldiers in utility caps work on boat engine. "All kinds of repairs are made...
Two soldiers pose with an M1917 Browning machine gun in New Guinea during World War II
Two soldiers pose with an M1917 Browning machine gun in New Guinea during World War II.
Two soldiers stand beside a Piper J-3 Cub reconnaissance aircraft on a beach at New Britain in September 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. Two soldiers stand beside a Piper J-3 Cub reconnaissance aircraft on a beach. "L...
Two soldiers stand in front of a chapel at New Britain in August 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. Two soldiers stand in front of a simplistic chapel (as indicated by the cross at...
Two soldiers stand in front of Task Force HQ, 40th Infantry Division Base Camp at Cape Gloucester, New Britain in August 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. Two soldiers stand in front of Task Force Headquarters, 40th Infantry Division...
Two soldiers track their position on a map in an unknown Pacific jungle during World War II
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. Two soldiers in camouflage and M1 helmets, one carrying an M1A1 carbine track...
Two soldiers working with a water irrigation system at the Cape Gloucester water treatment facility at New Britain in September 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. Two soldiers working with a water irrigation system at the Cape Gloucester water...
Two soldiers wrestle at a camp on an unknown Pacific location during World War II
Two soldiers wrestle at a camp on an unknown Pacific location during World War II. Probably on New Guinea.
Two soldiers, one holding binoculars, sit beneath a small shelter at New Britain in September 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. Two soldiers, one holding binoculars, sit beneath a small shelter, a telescope...
Two soldiers, one with a clipboard, talk inside of a truck at an unknown location in the 1940s
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. Two soldiers, one with a clipboard, talk inside of a truck. Location unknown....
Two soldiers, probably SeaBees, at work doing repairs at an unknown location in the 1940s
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. Two soldiers, probably SeaBees, doing repairs, one works on a hitch, and the...
Two tractor-trailer trucks with empty timber carriers, Alaska c.1943.
Two tractor-trailer trucks with empty timber carriers on snowy road, probably Alaska, "Feb 17 1943".
Two unidentified men jog in the water near shore on Oahu, Hawaii, 1941-45
Two unidentified men playing in the ocean; jogging towards the camera. "Oahu." Oahu, Hawaii. 1941-45
Two unknown servicemen appear to take cover in a foxhole outside their barracks at an unknown Pacific location during World War II
Two unknown servicemen appear to take cover in a foxhole outside their barracks at an unknown Pacific location during...
Two unknown servicemen pose by an aircraft propeller, probably on New Guinea during World War II
Two unknown servicemen pose by an aircraft propeller, probably on New Guinea during World War II.
Two US Marines shooting from foxhole behind crashed airplane pieces on Iwo Jima in February 1945
Two US Marines shooting from foxhole behind crashed airplane pieces. Official caption:'"Firing at Jap [Japanese]...
Two US Marines shooting from foxhole behind crashed airplane pieces on Iwo Jima in February 1945
Two US Marines shooting from foxhole behind crashed airplane pieces. Official caption:'"Firing at Jap [Japanese]...
Two US servicemen discussing documents, Pacific Theater, 1945-46
Two US servicemen wearing only garrison caps, sunglasses and pants discussing documents between them. Pacific Theater....
Two US servicemen handling a large crate, Pacific Theater, 1944-46
Two US servicemen handling large crates of supplies. Pacific Theater. 1944-46
Two villagers at an unknown location on Papua New Guinea during World War II
Two villagers at an unknown location on Papua New Guinea during World War II.
Typical damage to hundreds of bridges destroyed by the Japanese in Manila in February 1945
"Typical damage to hundreds of bridges destroyed by Japs in Manila." February 1945
U. S. Navy flotilla lying off Iwo Jima during landing operations in February 1945
510.Photograph. 'File Number: 307206 Released: April 11, 1945. U. S. Navy flotilla lying off Iwo Jima landing...
U. S. Navy ships pave the way for the Army at Biak on 27 May 1944
489.Photograph. 'File No: 59429 June 14, 1944 U. S. Navy ships pave way for Army smashing ashore at Biak-- Amphibious...
U. S. Navy's Fifth Fleet at a Pacific anchorage in preparation for assaults on Iwo Jima and Tokyo in February 1945
511.Photograph. 'File No: 48144 February 19, 1945 Anchors Aweigh for Iwo Jima Units of the famed U. S. Navy's Fifth...
U.S. air base on Tinian in 1945 or early 1946.
View looking down onto U.S. air base on Tinian in 1945 or early 1946.
U.S. and British Naval officers stand on the captain's bridge of an American carrier as the ship meets its British 'opposite number' warship before heading to Sabang on 19 April 1944
422.Photograph. "File No: TR-9684 May 20, 1944 First Photos Show U. S. and British carriers combining forces to smash...
U.S. Army constructed bridge in Manila in June 1945
U.S. Army constructed bridge in place across the ruins of the former Jones Bridge in Manila destroyed from bombing....
U.S. Army troops on the march at an unknown Pacific location during World War II
U.S. Army troops march past a tracked armored vehicle at an unknown Pacific location during World War II. Probably on...
U.S. Army vehicles parked outside the war damaged Manila Metropolitan Theater in June 1945
U.S. Army vehicles parked outside the war damaged Manila Metropolitan Theater. From donor's notes: "Metropolitan...
U.S. Marine 3rd Division Cemetery at Asan, Guam in 1945
"3rd Division Cemetery Asan Village, Guam." U.S. Marine 3rd Division Cemetery at Asan, Guam in 1945
U.S. Marines unloading K rations aboard the USS Rutland off of Saipan in February 1945
U.S. Marines unloading K ration boxes aboard the USS Rutland; probably off of Saipan in February 1945. Boxes are marked...
U.S. Navy Beach Battalion clearing Normandy beaches of obstacles set up by the Germans in June 1944
1/4 ton trucks, Jeeps with trailers and DUKWs travel the beach. "File Number 252842 June 20, 1944 'Pulling the teeth'...
U.S. Navy LCM collecting civilian refugees from Tinian in late 1945
An U.S. Navy LCM [Landing Craft, Mechanized] docked again a distant island; probably collecting civilian refugees (...

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