Amphibious invasions

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132nd Infantry Regiment taking cover on a beach, Cebu Island, 1945
Photograph. United States army soldiers from the 132nd Infantry Regiment lying on a beach while under Japanese fire;...
164th Infantry Regiment debarking LCIs on Negros Island, Philippines, 1945
Photograph. 164th Infantry Regiment troops debarking from LCI(L)-977 and another LCI [Landing Craft, Infantry] onto a...
1st Infantry Division troops boarding a LCVP on a Rhine riverbank, Oberwinter, 1945
Photograph. 1st Infantry Division troops boarding a LCVP [Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel] on a bank along the Rhine...
1st Marine Division pinned down on a beach, Peleliu, 1944
Photograph. United States Marines lying low on a beach during amphibious invasion; columns of smoke are rising in the...
23rd Infantry Division cruising towards towards beach, Cebu Island, 1945
Photograph. 23rd Infantry Division troops riding in landing craft towards a beach; smoke is rising on the shore....
2nd Marine Division approaching Aguni-jima, Okinawa, 1945
Photograph. United States landing craft and amphibious vehicles cruising towards smoke-covered Aguni-jima, as viewed...
37th Infantry Division cruising towards a beach in a landing craft, Bougainville Island, 1943
Photograph. Soldiers from the 37th Infantry Division inside a landing craft cruising towards a coastline, as viewed...
3rd Infantry Division taking cover on a beach, Saint-Tropez, 1944
Photograph. United States Army soldiers and medics from the 3rd Infantry Division lying on a beach behind a small sand...
3rd Infantry Division walking on a beach, Saint-Tropez, 1944
Photograph. United States Army soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Division walking along a beach; a cloud of smoke is...
3rd Marine Raider Battalion storming a beach, New Georgia Islands, 1943
Photograph. 3rd Marine Raider Battalion Marines debarking from LCVPs [Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel] and storming a...
40 mm antiaircraft gun being unloaded from a LCVP on a Rhine riverbank, Germany, 1945
Photograph. United States Army Bofors 40 mm antiaircraft gun being unloaded from a LCVP [Landing Craft, Vehicle,...
41st Infantry Division soldiers wading onto a beach, Aitape, 1944
Photograph. 41st Infantry Division soldiers pouring wading through water and gathering on a beach. Official caption on...
45th Infantry Division landing on the coast of Sainte-Maxime, France, 1944
Photograph. Line of United States Army soldiers from the 45th Infantry Division wading through water after debarking...
5th Army gathering on a beach, Anzio, 1944
Photograph. United States Army soldiers, amphibious vehicles, and equipment pouring onto beach from LSTs [Landing Ship...
5th Army M4 Sherman tanks debarking from USS LST-77, Anzio, 1944
Photograph. M4 Sherman tanks from the 5th Army debarking from USS LST-77 onto the shore of a Tyrrhenian Sea coastal...
6th Marine Regiment landing on Green Beach, Gilbert Islands, 1943
Photograph. United States Marines wading through thigh-high water towards Green Beach; a wooden fort is in the...
77th Infantry Division soldiers pouring onto a beach, Leyte, 1944
Photograph. 77th Infantry Division soldiers debarking from USS LCI(L)-746 during an amphibious invasion. Official...
7th Army landing on a beach under a smoke screen, Southern France, 1944
Photograph. United States Army soldiers from the 7th Army debarking from a landing craft onto a beach; a smoke screen...
7th Cavalry Brigade advancing on beach towards San Jose, Philippines, 1944
Photograph. 7th Cavalry Brigade advancing on beach towards a war-damaged jungle; a column of smoke is rising in the...
7th Infantry Division landing on a beach, Enubuj Island, 1944
Photograph. United States Army soldiers in the 7th Infantry Division landing on a debris-covered beach; LVTs [Landing...
7th Infantry Division soldiers coming ashore with amphibious M4 Sherman tanks outfitted with exhaust extensions on Enubuj Island, Kwajalein Atoll in February 1944
7th Infantry Division soldiers coming ashore with amphibious M4 Sherman tanks outfitted with exhaust extensions. 'W-CPA...
7th Infantry Division soldiers headed towards a beach on Okinawa, Japan, 1945
Photograph. 7th Infantry Division soldiers riding in landing craft towards a beach. Official caption on front: "Assault...
8th Army soldiers debarking from LCI-447, Luzon Island, 1945
Photograph. Two rows of 8th Army soldiers debarking from USS LCI-447 and wading towards a beach; another landing craft...
8th Army soldiers debarking from LCI-447, Luzon Island, 1945
Photograph. Two rows of 8th Army soldiers debarking from USS LCI-447. Official caption on front: "Navy lands 8th Army...
96th Infantry Division soldiers climbing over a sea wall, Okinawa, 1945
Photograph. 96th Infantry Division soldiers climbing over a sea wall after debarking a LVT [Landing Vehicle, Tracked]....
9th Army tank debarking a LCVP on a Rhine riverbank, Germany, 1945
Photograph. 9th Army tank driving on a bank along the Rhine; soldiers stand next to a LCVPs [Landing Craft, Vehicle,...
A camp set up beneath hundreds of palm trees probably at Guadalcanal in 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. Camp set up beneath hundreds of palm trees, a soldier reads over a bulletin...
A G.I. marks a map with landing sites at Guadalcanal in 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. A G.I. marks a map with landing sites. "Staff marks landing site on chart (Jul 44...
A General Motors built Avenger roars over the beachhead on Panson Island on 20 October 1944
397.Photograph. Grumman TBM Avenger flies above landing forces, 'File Number 287577 Navy Lands Army on Panson Pictorial...
A Japanese prisoner sweeps a deck alongside Coast Guardsmen, Cape Gloucester
Photograph. sweeps a deck alongside Coast Guardsmen on the deck of an LST. Official caption on reverse: "3205. From:...
A jeep being pulled from the water by a bulldozer, Philippine Islands (probably), 1944-1945
A jeep, surrounded by soldiers, is being pulled from the water by a bulldozer; an LVT (Landing Vehicle, Tracked) on the...
A jeep drives ashore on a Pacific island, 1944-1945
A jeep drives down the ramp of an LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) from the USS Aquarius (AKA-16). "2191-." "U....
A variety of Allied landing craft along a Normandy beachhead on 10 June 1944
485.Photograph. 'File No: 59432 June 15, 1944 Invasion 'supply line' Lies Offshore-- The beachhead gained, the job on...
A view from an APA of a full LCVP and another being entered by soldiers climbing down a cargo net on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands on 9 March 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. A view from an APA of a full LCVP [Landing Craft Vehicle, Personnel], and...
A view from the interior of a landing craft on the shore of a Pacific island, October 1944
A view from the interior of an LST (Landing Ship,Tank) of a CCKW / 2 1/2 ton truck driving out of its ramp. "2191-B-3...
Aerial view of a port in Southern Italy before the invasion of Southern France in August 1944
218.Photograph. Invasion. 'File No.59473 August 23, 1944 Allied arsenal from which bolt was launched Aerial view of a...

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