Naval shore bombardment

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Addison, Robert Tulagi and Guadalcanal
Robert Addison [Annotator’s Note: with the 1st Marine Raider Battalion] fought on Guadalcanal. The battle of Bloody...
Peto, George Unique and Frightening Experiences
George Peto had a unique experience there [Annotator's Note: on Okinawa] one time while watching kamikazes hitting...
Newsom, James USS Cole (DD-155) in the MTO
James Newsom was assigned to the USS Cole (DD-155). The Cole left Norfolk for North Africa to land Rangers ashore in...
Tizzard, Thomas USS Denver (CL-58) Torpedoed
Thomas Tizzard was assigned to the USS Denver (CL-58) and was interviewed by an officer asking what his previous jobs...
Wellford, Harry USS Harrison (DD-573)
Harry Walker Wellford was assigned to the Harrison [Annotator's Note: USS Harrison (DD-573)] as a radar officer. He met...
Tacket, Henry USS Heermann (DD-532) Initial Combat
Henry A. Tacket and the USS Heermann (DD-532) were assigned to the invasion of Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands. The...
Rosenzweig, Abraham USS Leonard Wood (APA-12)
Abraham Rosenzweig had no commander for four and a half months on the island [Annotator’s Note: He was part of the...
Samuelson, Jack USS Louisville (CA-28)
Jack D. Samuelson was assigned with two other officers [Annotator’s Note: he was newly assigned to the USS Louisville (...
Hopkins, Ralph USS Louisville (CA-28) and Okinawa
Ralph Hopkins ended up on a cruiser [Annotator's Note: USS Louisville (CA-28)] which was luxurious compared to a...
Rodrigues, Alfred USS Washington (BB-56)
Alfred Rodrigues reported aboard the Washington [Annotator's Note: USS Washington (BB-56)] as a five inch [Annotator's...
Kidder, Remi USS Wasp (CV-18) in Action
Remi Kidder served on the Wasp [Annotator's Note: USS Wasp (CV-18)] as it performed its job of softening up islands...
Quinn, Harry Utah Beach
Harry Quinn woke up in the morning [Annotator’s Note: of 6 June 1944]. He was the third man to go down the net into...
Tizzard, Thomas Volunteer for Everything
Thomas Tizzard decided to separate having survived two ships being torpedoed. He had had enough combat. Once on Guam,...
Borne, Edwin Wake's Final Defense
Edwin Joseph Borne, Jr. drove his truck to multiple locations on Wake Island in support of the defenders. The huge...
Shown, Donald War Comes to the Pacific
Donald Herbert Shown [Annotator’s Note: Shown had become a crewman aboard the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) in 1939] headed...
Cowell, Ernest War Reflections
Ernest Cowell thinks being on shore in the Army is different from being at sea in the Navy. In the Navy, he did not...
Amico, Thomas War's End
Thomas Amico island-hopped for a year; the war was winding down; the big naval battles were over. Amico doesn't...
Wheeler, James War's End and Reflections
James L. Wheeler was sent to Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Northern Mariana Islands] to train for the Battle of Japan....
Wellford, Harry Wartime Incidents
Harry Walker Wellford [Annotator's Note: while serving as radar officer aboard the USS Harrison (DD-573)] remembers...
Nolan, Warren Watching Naval Bombardments
The USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) did not have a soda fountain and ice cream stand like the USS Alabama (BB-60) did, but...
Petrus, Andrew Wounded in Okinawa
On Easter morning, 1 April 1945, Andrew Petrus [Annotator's Note: with Company G, 2nd Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment...
Clapper, Joe Wounded on Peleliu
On the way to Peleliu, Joe Clapper's transport pulled into Ulithi, where he saw a small carrier with a hole in it big...
Johnson, Malcolm Wounded on Wake Island
Malcolm Johnson was a civilian contractor working on the airfield at Wake Island when the Japanese tried to land troops...
Brannon, Mark Wrecked in the Pacific
After the landings at Cape Gloucester [Annotator's Note: Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Papua New Guinea], Mark Brannon...
A canopy of smoke rises from the shores of Guam as Navy guns and planes hammer the Japanese base on 21 July 1944
502.Photograph. 'File Number: 59458 August 2, 1944 Jap [Japanese] funeral pyre on Guam A towering canopy of gray and...
A salvo from the 16' guns of the USS Iowa heads out for the target during a 'dress rehearsal' for a Pacific landing operation in October 1944
291.Photograph. USS Iowa. '256591 October 26, 1944 'Big I' Bellow--- In a tremendous gust of smoke and flame, a salvo...
Aerial view of US ships shelling the shoreline in Italy 1944-1945.
134.Photograph. Aerial view from plane of a US Destroyer shelling a distant shoreline. A second Destroyer can be seen...
American amphibious assault ships bombarding Peleliu, Palau, 1944
Photograph, aerial. Line of LCIs (Landing Craft, Infantry) bombarding a coastline with rocket artillery; large clouds...
American warships firing at Angaur, Palau, 1944
Photograph. American warships firing at Angaur; columns of smoke are rising from the coast. Official caption on front...
American warships firing at Peleliu, Palau, 1944
Photograph. American warships firing at Peleliu; columns of smoke are rising in the background. Official caption on...
Amphibious LVTs cruising towards Okinawa, Japan, 1945
Photograph. United States amphibious LVTs (Landing Vehicle, Tracked) cruising in open water under protective fire of a...
An anti-aircraft gun crew on an unidentified Navy ship during the invasion of Iwo Jima in February 1945
Bofors 40 mm anti-aircraft gun crew on unidentified Navy ship during the invasion of Iwo Jima. Official caption:'"Navy...
Artillery rockets firing from an American warship off the coast of Peleliu, 1944
Photograph. Artillery rockets firing from the deck of an American warship; United States Navy sailors are standing in...
Battleship firing naval guns at Iwo Jima in February 1945
Battleship firing 16 inch naval guns at Iwo Jima, probably the USS West Virginia (BB-48). Official caption:'"...
Battleship firing naval guns at Iwo Jima in February 1945
Battleship firing 16 inch naval guns at Iwo Jima, probably the USS West Virginia (BB-48). Official caption:'"Navy big...
Battleship firing naval guns at Iwo Jima in February 1945
Battleship firing 16 inch naval guns at Iwo Jima, probably the USS West Virginia (BB-48). Official caption:'"Navy...

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