Photos Taken in Marshall Islands | World War II Database

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US Marines fighting on Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, Jan-Feb 1944	Cruiser Salt Lake City firing her 8-in guns on either Wotje, Marshall islands on 1 Feb 1942 or Wake Island on 24 Feb 1942; note SOC Seagull floatplane onboard	Cruiser USS Northampton firing her 5-inch guns in a bombardment of Wotje in the Marshall Islands, 1 Feb 1942. Note cruiser Salt Lake City in the background. Page 2 of 2.	Cruiser USS Northampton firing her 8-inch guns in a bombardment of Wotje in the Marshall Islands, 1 Feb 1942. Note cruiser Salt Lake City in the background. Page 1 of 2.

SOC aircraft flew over Wotje Atoll, Marshall Islands, during attack on Japanese airfields by gunfire from cruisers Salt Lake City and Northampton, 1 Feb 1942; note burning ammunition and fuel dumps	Japanese light cruiser Isuzu hit by an aerial Mark XIII torpedo dropped from a TBF-1 Avenger flown by Lt(jg) E.F. Ternasky flying from USS Lexington (Essex-class), Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, 4 Dec 1943	US Marine Corps F4U Corsair fighters taxiing for takeoff from Majuro Island, Marshall Islands, date unknown	US Marines with puppies, Marshall Islands, 1940s

Strike photo of Kwajalein, Marshall Islands taken by aircraft from USS Enterprise, 30 Jan 1944. Note the Kwajalein radio complex in the clearing in the foreground that was a key Japanese listening post in the Pacific.	Strike photo of Kwajalein, Marshall Islands taken by aircraft from USS Enterprise, 30 Jan 1944. Note the rising mushroom cloud from the exploding Japanese ammunition dump.	Strike photo stitched together from photos taken by USS Langley aircraft showing severe damage to the runways and the surrounding areas on Taroa Island, Maloelap Atoll, Marshall Islands, 30 Jan 1944.	A beach on Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, Feb 1944

Barren landscape, Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, Feb 1944. Note M1 Garand rifle with fixed bayonet.	Destroyed Japanese building and equipment, Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, Jan-Feb 1944	Fallen Japanese naval infantryman, Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, Jan-Feb 1944	Fallen Japanese naval infantrymen, Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, Jan-Feb 1944

Fallen US Marines, Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, Jan-Feb 1944	Funeral service for a fallen US Marine, Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, Jan-Feb 1944	Members of the crew of the carrier USS Essex taking a swimming break in the Majuro Lagoon, Marshall Islands, Feb 1944. Note battleship USS Iowa in the background.	Soldiers of the US Army 7th Division moving a 37mm M3 anti-tank gun by hand to follow behind an M4 Sherman tank on Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, Feb 1944. Note the visibility panels worn by the gun crew.