841 Free Images of Pacific Theater

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Marines give first aid treatment to a wounded comrade as a…
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There's desperation in the face of this Marine as he summo…
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Jap fire stopped some of the American attackers, but their…
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Landed by Coast Guard-manned invasion craft, these Marines…
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SC 364518 - Pfc. Adolph Fox, Co. D., 130th Inf., from Detroit, Mich., firing at sniper positions from top of Monastery Hill, overlooking Baguio city, Luzon, P.I.
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SC 364497 - Pvt. Jack Hunting, Texarkana, Texas, and Pfc. Alfred Livingston, of Company "D", 128th Infantry Regiment, at their 81mm mortar position on the front line.
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Brigadier Gen. Graves B. Erskine, Commanding General of northern landing troops and his staff, wade ashore on the island to set up a command post on D plus 2. 17 June, 1944.
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SC 364511 - H Co., 2nd Bn., 127th Inf., 32nd Div. firing 82mm mortar on Jap positions along the Vila Verde Trail. 3 March, 1945.
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SC 171590 - First Island Command, New Caledonia. Jap prisoners enter new prison camp built for them while they were being temporarily housed in a warehouse. 7 January, 1945.
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SC 196089-S - A Jap army truck overturned in the street blocks the path of an invading duck carrying troops of a Cavalry Division during entry of Leyte Island, P.I.
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C-678 - A scene during the Liberation Parade, staged by citizens of Dagupan, Luzon, P.I., to show their gratitude to Americans and to introduce the Pangasinian Unit, 2nd Bn., 12th Inf. Regt., McKinley Brigade of guerillas.
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Aboard a Coast Guard-manned landing barge, Marines and the…
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Aboard a Coast Guard-manned assault transport somewhere in…
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A U.S. Coast Guardsman extends a helping hand to a Marine*…
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SC 364576 - Pfc. G. Harris of the 951st AA and AW Bn. loading a multiple machine gun, one of the many gun positions guarding the bomber and fighter strips on Bougainville.
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SC 364519 - #4 gun, 105 howitzer, of the 64th F.A. Bn., 25th Inf. Div., showing how it is dug in on the road to Balete Pass, Luzon, P.I.
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U.S. Marines started using two-wheeled oxen-drawn native carts to haul ammo and supplies into the hills and wounded back, over roads where even modern trucks and jeeps could not go.
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SC 270781 - Tanks deploy alongside road awaiting further orders while men of 7th Div. look for scattered snipers after all organized resistance is over. Kwajalein Island.
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SC 195511-S - L-R: 1st Lt. Wm. M. Norton, Grandview, Tex., voting officer of Co. K, 147th Inf., administers the oath to Pfc. Robert K. Mansfield, Imperial, Neb.
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SC 171586 - Telephone operator makes use of a captured Japanese bunker for protection against enemy fire, at triangle point, while maintaining communications with the advanced forces.
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SC 334995 - Capt. Cecil Bayless, CO of M Company mortar, 3rd Battalion, 27th Infantry, left, and Gen. J. Lawton Collins, CG of the 25th Division...
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SC 270890 - A patrol from the AT Co., 34th Inf., 24th Div., moves out to rescue some Filipinos near Digos, Mindanao, P.I., lead by some of the Filipinos who managed to escape.
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SC 206489 - Men of 27th Division, U.S. Tenth Army, cross ponton bridge on Okinawa to assault heavily fortified Jap position.
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SC 196083-S - Bos'n Mate First Class John E. Brandau, Beach Party, hauls up the American flag on Leyte Island, during the invasion of the Philippines.
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SC 334749 - Japanese foxholes located under bank of draw in the 129th Infantry, 37th Division sector on Bougainville, Solomon Islands. The jungle growth has been cleared by the fierce artillery fire.
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The Saipan Press Club opened its doors on the embattled is…
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These four Coast Guard invaders served aboard one of 12 Co…
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The boys are still puffing cigarettes in the New Guinea. E…
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Eighteen fighting men are represented by these three veter…
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U.S. Coast Guardsmen compare blades, varying from machetes…
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SC 170688 - Men of a Cannon Co. crossing Eroro Creek, New Guinea, on their way to Embogu, which is about four miles from Eroro Mission. 14 November, 1942.
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SC 335380 - Veterans of Saipan, this group of heroes, members of the 27th Div., are shown in their Company Area at Espiritu Santu, New Hebrides, where the Div. is currently stationed.
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SC 107691 - Major John J. Carew examining a Japanese sword (officer's type) and Captain Emil Khail, of River, Wisc., examining a Japanese grenade thrower.
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SC 166677 - Men loading equipment onto boats after they had descended from the landing nets for making a beach landing in a demonstration. Rockhampton, Australia. 19 November, 1942.
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SC 335372 - These five 96th Div. Texans are considered "aces" by their buddies in Co. I, 383rd Inf. Regt., an ace being anyone who has killed five or more Japs.
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Advancing upon Hollandia on the north coast of Dutch New G…
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Soldiers badly wounded in the invasion of Makin are transf…
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SC 170443 - American casualties from the Battle of Milne Bay are shown leaving the Australian Red Cross ship at Newstead Wharf, Brisbane. 14 September, 1942.
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Driven back from the beaches of Saipan, Japanese soldiers …
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This perty pinup of a toothy, glass-eyed samurai, who drap…
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U.S. Marines from a Coast Guard manned landing craft holdi…
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American soldiers, landed by Coast Guardsmen on Aka Shima …
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SC 196082-S - Troops of the 12th Cavalry move from the beach, past splintered trees and fires caused by the heavy bombardment preceding their landing on Leyte Island in the Philippines.
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SC 364423 - Dr. Henry B. Hazard, representative of Naturalization and Immigration Service, administers Oath of Allegiance to Pfc. Franklyn E. Long, 689th Sig. Air Warning Co., the first man to be naturalized in Efate, New Hebrides.
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SC 211604 - (Clockwise) Lt. Clarence E. Rabb, Lt. Nisei, both of 38th Div., Lt. Col. Shizume Sushimi, Japanese Army, and Maj. Richard F. Jeffers, 38th Div., discuss surrender arrangements...
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SC 171597-R - First Island Command, New Caledonia. Four Japanese prisoners prepare to pitch a pyramidal tent in their new stockade. Barbed wire fence can be seen in the background. 7 January, 1943.
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SC 364583 - Lt. Carl V. Earlin, Columbus, O., 737th Ord. Co., 37th Div., shown firing rifle grenade from the kneeling position.
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SC 196150 - Members of the 2nd Bn., 25th Combat Team, 93rd Div., wade across the Laruma River carrying mortar shells to the other side.
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Coast Guard Photographer George G. Twambly, center, Chief …
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SC 364413 - Native Police boys, driven out of Salamaua by the Japs occupation, return to assist at ceremonies of returning to its masthead the Union Jack, which formerly flew over Salamaua.
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Lt. Gen. H. M. Smith, Maj. Gen. Watson, Br. Gen., Erskins, Col. Riseley, Capt. D. V. Nahrgang (R-2) conference at 6th Marine Regiment CP. D plus 3.
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SC 171594-R - First Island Command, New Caledonia. 2nd Lt. Russell F. Kiloran, 244th Coast Artillery, directs moving of Japanese prisoners into their new quarters at a recently completed prison camp.
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SC 184774-S - Returning from a water-carrying detail over 800 yards of mountain trail for E Co., 145th Inf., 37th Div. on Bougainville, are, L-R:
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SC 364409 - Tec 5 Joseph Mislsusky of Cleveland, O., left, and Pfc. George Kraus of Pittsburgh, Pa., both of the 637th TD Bn., Co. B., listen to the views of these two New Hebrides natives...
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SC 170444 - A casualty from the Battle of Milne Bay is carried off an Australian Red Cross ship to an awaiting ambulance which will take him to a hospital, somewhere in Australia.
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Lt. Gen. H. M. Smith, Maj. Gen. Watson, Br. Gen., Erskins, Col. Riseley, Capt. D. V. Nahrgang (R-2) conference at 6th Marine Regiment CP. D plus 3.
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SC 184759 - One of the 105mm guns showing the barrel protruding from camouflaged position at Saluse Village, Saluse Lake, north of Nassau Bay, New Guinea.
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From a Coast Guard-manned LST, which was among the first o…
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From a Coast Guard-manned assault transport, a party of so…
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SC 166705 - The gun crew sets the gun in a well-camouflaged jungle position during a night problem over difficult terrain. Rockhampton, Australia. 1 December, 1942.
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SC 171692 - First Island Command, New Caledonia. Casualty from the Solomon Islands talk cheerfully with sailor as he is brought in by Higgins Boat to the docks at Noumea, New Caledonia, where he will be placed in a hospital.
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SC 364569 - Loading a 155mm M1 rifle of Btry B, 49th Coast Artillery, Section 2, negro troops operating. 16 April, 1944.
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SC 171695 - First Island Command, New Caledonia. Wounded waiting to be transferred to hospitals, munch candy bars on the docks after being unloaded from Higgins Boats following their trip from the Solomon Islands.
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SC 171693 - First Island Command, New Caledonia. Checking names of Army casualties just returned from the Solomon Islands is Pfc. George R. Sister of Irwin, Penn. 23 January, 1943.
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SC 364529 - (Hist. Record & PRO Advanced CP A Battery, 465 FA Bn) located near Ballette Pass, Luzon, P.I.) in the 25th Div, one of action.
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SC 184758 - Crew manning Bofors gun two minutes before opening fire on Jap installations in New Guinea, using their AA gun as field artillery weapon.
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SC 166674 - Col. Edward A. Routheau, Provost Marshall, questioming men at a "prison camp" during a problem showing how the Military Police take care of enemy prisoners during war.
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SC 329697 - Maj. Charles Davis, left, CO, 3rd Bn., 27th Inf., conferring with Gen. J. Lawton Collins, CO, 25th Div. New Guinea. 14 August, 1943.
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SC 184766 - Lt. Howard Mann of Santa Barbara, Calif., operates a communication set on beach, during amphibious training of 127th Inf. Regt., 32nd Div., in Australia. 12 July, 1943.
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SC 364492 - .50 caliber firing at Japanese installations on Manus Island, Admiralty Group, by Bos'n/M Jack Stranathan, Long Beach, Cal., and S/1 O Maurice Frolich, Meridan, Mississippi.
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SC 195584-S - Members of E Troop, 2nd Squadron, 7th Cav. Regt., engaging the Japs at close range, 100 yards inland from White Beach, Leyte Island, P.I.
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SC 184799 - Pvt. James W. Davis of Datto, Arkansas, and Pvt. Finis Houser of Houston, Texas, linemen carrying an 80lb reel of field wire over a bridge on New Guinea.
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SC 170690 - Colonel John J. Carew, Captain Michael DeFinna, and Lt. James D. Doughty on a reconnaissance mission up a jungle trail, somewhere in New Guinea, 14 November, 1942.
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SC 364514 - Pfc. Thomas Powell, North Platte, Nebr., 5th Cav., guards the main street of San Pablo, Luzon, P.I, with his machine gun, and covers himself completely with his poncho in the tropical rain.
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Joyous Second Division Marines, about to board ship for home after more than thirty months overseas, were not forgotten by the famed division mascot "Eight Ball", who was on hand to bid them a sorrowful goodbye.
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SC 179468 - While the American forces were fighting the Japanese in the Chichagof area, supplies were brought to them by means of hand to hand carry, by lines of men extended over the route over which the supplies had to be moved...
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Coast Guard combat artist Sandor Klein (left) and his Mari…
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Coast Guard Combat Photographer Harold E. Whitwer, Chief P…
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SC 171598-R - First Island Command, New Caledonia. Studiously avoiding looking at the camera, Japanese prisoners line up before entering their new stockades specially built which they were being temporarily housed in.
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SC 270703 - With the 6th Inf. Div. in the Cagayan Valley, Luzon, P.I., about 9 miles north of Bagabag along Highway 4 on June 20, 1945.
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SC 184744 - Capt. Elmer O. Navarro, troop commander and CO of G Co., 126th Inf. of 32nd Div., explains to his officers a last minute change of plan.
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At a Japanese well on the island of Saipan, Coast Guardsme…
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C-2363 - Pfc. James C. Brown of Tulsa, Okla., enjoys his first American beer and pretzels at Camp Oklahoma City, one of the camps set up for redeploying the American Army to the U.S. and the South Pacific.
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CLOSEUP OF WILDCAT: Photographer L.M. Ashman, USMC, Baltimore, Md., was bowled over by the rush of wind from this Grumman Wildcat as it took off from Henderson Field to repulse a Jap aerial bombardment attempt.
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M/Sgt. Alfred W. Rohde, Jr., of 11 S. Lafayette Avenue, Ventnor, New Jersey, currently serving with the Second Marine Division Photo Section, hit on the idea of a picture series depicting how a Marine combat photographer feels in battle.
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SC 166682 - Riflemen mopping up dummy machine gun nest after it had been knocked out with hand grenades during a demonstration given by soldiers in Australia. Rockhampton, Australia. 27 November, 1942.
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SC 364528 - B Battery, 126th, 2 Gun Section throws some steel at the Japs. This 105mm howitzer is the registration gun for the Regiment as both the gun and crew are the most reliable.
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SC 166679 - A dummy machine gun nest set up showing how it looked before hand grenades were thrown at it by an attacking platoon in a demonstration given by the men. Rockhampton, Australia. 27 November, 1942.
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SC 364507 - Co. B, 63rd Inf. machine guns chatter as they cover the advance of B Co. attempting to capture section of Demortis-Posario, Luzon, P.I. road. 22 January, 1945.
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A Marine automatic rifleman fires his weapon 3-400 yards beyond our frontline to protect some wounded Marines in the same hole with him, who are being fired upon by the Japs. Saipan. June, 1944.
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SC 184800 - Cpl. H. H. Everhart receiving message over radio for battery to move out of bivouac area to firing positions during test given to the 41st Div. in Australia.
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Wounded when Japanese fire made a direct hit on an AMTRAC,…
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Coast Guard and Navy invaders display two Japanese flags w…
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SC 405070 - American soldiers rescue Jap infant from small ledge partway up a steep rockpile along Nafuta ridge, bringing it down from its dangerous perch where it apparently was left by its parents.
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SC 171698 - First Island Command, New Caledonia. Injured from Solomon Islands, soldiers of the U.S. Army, are loaded into ambulance peeps as they are hurried to hospitals in New Caledonia.
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Landing on Okinawa soon after the assault waves had storme…
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SC 337246 - The road leading to Umungan is lined with wrecked Japanese vehicles that made up a convoy of 30 trucks, 8 tanks, and 8 field pieces, destroyed by road block and field artillery of the 27th Inf. Regt.
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C-2375 - Striding up the gangplank to board a CBI-bound vessel is Cpl. Charles Hannon, Akron, Ohio, who left with his Combat Engineer unit from the Calais Staging Area, near Marseilles, Southern France, to the Pacific.
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SC 364573 - Few minutes after bloody Hill 60 was taken, an Americal machine gunner quickly sets up a position on the battered side of the hill formerly held by the Japs.
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SC 179456 - This picture taken, looking northeast from the top of the high knoll overlooking Massacre Bay, shows dugouts dug by the American soldiers, prior to the raid, and during their initial attack on the Japanese in this area.
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