399 Free Images of Solomon Islands

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SC 166707 - Japanese breastwork taken over by soldiers upon the ousting of the enemy from the region. 21 December, 1942.
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Marine PFC George C. Miller, of 458 Ocean Ave., Jersey Cit…
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SC 184773-B - Battle-hardened members of a U.S. Army Special Weapons unit take time out after the first excitement of landing on landing on Bougainville Island in the South Pacific to make a batch of fudge.
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SC 196151 - En route to Hill 165, members of 93rd Div. struggle through some clinging mud along the East-West trail on an island in the South Pacific.
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SC 184772 - Bomb damage to LCI inflicted during landing operations in Lae, New Guinea. 5 September, 1943.
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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 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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Cpl. Henry Blake Jr., (left) and PFC George H. Kirk, Navaj…
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127-N-71319 - Bougainville. Pfc. H.J. Finley and war dog P…
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SC 364415 - Papuan natives furnish Christmas entertainment for Yanks and Aussies by performing one of their native dances at Fort Moresby, New Guinea. 25 December, 1943.
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SC 170649 - This is the plane, the men, and the equipment which took part in the experimental flight to move field artillery by air.
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Infantryman knocking door of a hut open with his rifle in native village of [censored], Dutch New Guinea. 1 August, 1944.
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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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USS Selfridge (DD-357) in the Solomon Islands, 5 August 1943 (80-G-266036)
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SC 190555-S - In their slit trench which is half filled wi…
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SC 364608 - Heavy 81mm mortar firing into Jap positions across the Tsinamutu River, near Kuraio Mission, Bougainville. 24 February, 1944.
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SC 334743 - Firing at the enemy with concentrated rifle, BAR and grenade fire. Soldier at right center has just tossed a grenade.
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SC 364495 - A 50. cal. water-cooled machine gun and crew at the old jetty on Orange Beach, Arawe, New Britain.
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SC 170655 - .30 caliber machine gun emplacement and crew used by a battalion for protection, somewhere in New Guinea.
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SC 364494 - Heavy machine gun crew set up quickly on the beach near Aitape, New Guinea.
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SC 335383 - Some of the men of the 120th F.A. which gave valuable support to the 112th Cavalry at Aitape, New Guinea.
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SC 334994 - Gen. J. Lawton Collins, CG of the 25th Division, scans treetops over which mortar fire must pass.
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SC 184760 - Major A. W. Beeman, QMC and Capt. M. R. Foster, S.C., inspecting wrecked Japanese landing barge on beach road in New Guinea.
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SC 190556-S - Sgt. Sam Marinkovich, Anaconda, Mont., Sgt. …
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Lieutenant Junior Grade Ira C. Kepford, 26 March 1944
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SC 190525 - Mortar crew of 164th Inf. Regt., Americal Div.…
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SC 329679 - Soldiers of the 24th Infantry in New Georgia, man a 37mm gun used for beach against the enemy. 15 October, 1943.
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SC 184829 - A wounded American soldier is lifted aboard a transport plane for a flying trip to to a hospital.
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SC 190565-S - S/Sgt Floyd A. Ott, Jerone, Idaho, of 41st D…
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Wounded Marines from Bougainville fighting are unloaded fr…
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USS Pringle (DD-477) in Purvis Bay, in August 1943 (80-G-56826)
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SC 184767 - Capt. R. M. Martin of Saint Mary's, Idaho; Col. William Jackson of Portland, Oregon; at gun position in New Guinea.
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SC 364577 - 40mm gun position 199th AAA and AW Bn., Btry. C, Sec 4, located on the beach near the Torokina River, Bougainville.
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Image taken from page 164 of 'Voyages et Découvertes outre-mer au XIXe siècle ... Illustrations par Durand-Brager' (11064384236)
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SC 334885 - Men of B Btry., 163rd AAA Bn., grouped around the barrel of their 90mm AA gun named "Tojo Special".
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SC 184828 - Troops of the 163rd Infantry Regiment of the 41st Divsion are shown aboard a transport plane somewhere in New Guinea. 10 July, 1943.
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SC 364605 - A 40mm gun of the 251st CA (AA), 14th Corps, on Bougainville. In background can be seen Mt Bagana, 6560 feet, an active volcano.
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SC 170689 - Men unloading foodstuffs from row boat preparatory to carrying it thru jungle path, somewhere in New Guinea. November 13, 1942.
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SC 364353 - 1st wave of 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division invasion forces load into landing craft from U.S. Destroyer U.S.S. Bush. Momote Bay, Manus Island, Admiralty Group.
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SC 166664 - Evacuation of wounded is sped up by the use of transport planes regularly flying between the advance clearing stations.
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SC 364611 - Soldiers from Co. A, 145th Inf., 37th Div., in position on a hillside where they had the Japs surrounded.
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SC 171588 - At the fighting front two soldiers string wire for communications between the 127th Regiment Command Post and the 5th Portable Hospital of the 32nd Division.
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SC 184757 - 41st Div. fire their 105mm gun from emplacement under a native hut in New Guinea, on Jap frontlines.
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Sailors of ARU-145 (Aircraft Repair Unit), Guadalcanal, during their free time. Sack time a favorite past time. - NARA - 520658
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SC 166668 - A hospital unit treks along the front after landing from transport plane in New Guinea. 15 December, 1942.
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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 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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B-17F over Bougainville Nov 1942
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Enlisted men serving on Espiritu Santo in the New Hebrides...placing 6-inch shells in magazines at the Naval Ammunition - NARA - 520631
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Captain Arleigh A. Burke on the bridge of USS Charles Ausburne (DD-570), in 1943-1944 (NH 59854)
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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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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 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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U.S. Marines from a Coast Guard manned landing craft holdi…
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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 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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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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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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USS Conway (DD-507) underway in the South Pacific, in August 1943 (80-G-56813)
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Officers of U.S. Navy Fighting Squadron 17 (VF-17), circa in February 1944 (80-G-255885)
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From a Coast Guard-manned assault transport, a party of so…
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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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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 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 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 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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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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U.S. Coast Guardsmen and Marines unload supplies in the sh…
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USS Helena (CL-50) at a South Pacific base, circa in 1943 (NH 95814)
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Narrow gauge railway on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, circa in August 1943 (NH 89047)
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SC 329696 - Major John Britten, CO of 2nd Bn., 503rd Parachute Inf. Regt., checking some of his men into plane prior to practice jump at Port Moresby, New Guinea. 17 November, 1943.
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SC 184756 - Chaplain Owen Monahan of 41st Div. Artillery holding services at newly-captured village in New Guinea, for men not actively involved in the battle 300 yards ahead. 25 July, 1943.
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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 364606 - A 75mm cannon was carried to the 132nd Inf. Regt's front lines on Hill 260, by native labor, and was used for point blank fire against the Jap pill box that commanded the crest of the hill.
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USS Dixie (AD-14) with Harmon (DE-678) at New Georgia 1944
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Vought F4U-1 Corsair on Barakoma Airfield, Vella Lavella, circa in late 1943 (80-G-K-14383)
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SC 364565 - Sgt. John C. Clark, Lorman, Miss., and S/Sgt. Ford M. Shaw, Tuscon, Arizo., (l-r) clean their rifles in bivouac area alongside the (illegible) Trail, Bogainville.
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152 of 'Wanderings, South and East ... With two maps and forty-seven wood engravings executed under the direction of Edward Whymper, from sketches by the author, native drawings, etc' (11150544735)
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SC 334750 - Troops of Companies E and G, 132nd Inf. Regt., 23rd Division, cross a stream in an area devastated by shellfire during their advance on Japanese pillboxes near the Torokina River. 7 April, 1944.
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SC 374821 - L-R: S/Sgt. Wm. G. Baker, Oakland, Cal.; T/5 Wilson Cedars, Derry, La.; and back to camera, Smoky Johnson, Wooster, O., members of the 37th Recon Troop Patrol passing native hut at Karikakau village...
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SC 364496 - Fireman 1st Class James I. Lynch, crew member of LCT, of Amelia, Virginia, stands by his .50 cal. machine gun on the bow watching for enemy planes, while subsistence supplies are being unloaded at Orange Beach, Arawe, New Britain.
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SC 184826 - The Japs were in a hurry when they left and did not bother to take the anti-tank gun being inspected by Capt. Walter Skielvig of Palo Alto, Cal., aide de camp to Maj. Gen. Fuller of the 41st Div.
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SC 170550 - Men of the 107th Med. Corps, 32nd Div., boarding plane at Ward's Drome near Port Moresby, New Guinea, for trip to [illegible], New Guinea. 11 November, 1942.
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SC 334755 - Pvt. William J. Burick of New York City, N.Y., gunner, and Pfc. Lawrence E. Bratton of Swanton, Ohio, ammunition fetcher, man a .50 caliber machine gun in a dugout on the 37th Division Command Post's defense line.
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SC 364498 - Sgt. Harry Southerland, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Pfc. Biff Bifano, Sheboygan, Wis.; Pfc. Jack Isbell, Van Nuys, Cal.; Pfc. Loran Knight, Grandville, Mich.; Pfc. Joe Yonkers, New York City, N.Y.
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SC 334996 - Gen. J. Lawton Collins, CG of the 25th Division, (back to camera) performs his morning ablutions, while Colonel D. H. Buchanan, CO of the 3rd Battalion, 161st Infantry, and Col. R. L. Stevenson, G-2, 25th Division...
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American troops of the 160th Infantry Regiment rush ashore from a landing boat during amphibious training here.... - NARA - 531205
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USS Charles Ausburne (DD-570) receiving mail from USS Columbia (CL-56) on 27 September 1943 (80-G-201993)
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Vought F4U-1A Corsairs of VF-17 in flight, circa in March 1944 (80-G-217817)
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USS Selfridge and OBannon damaged Oct 1943
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VMF-214 on Turtle Bay fighter strip, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides. VMF-214 poses for a group picture before leaving... - NARA - 520622
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A New General Map of America Drawn from several Accurate particular Maps and Charts and Regulated by Astronomical Observations., Emanuel Bowen, 1747 (undated)
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