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US Marines resting and bathing, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 1943-1944US Marines, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 1943-1944US Marines, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 1943-1944US Marines, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 1943-1944
US Marines resting and bathing, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 1943-1944US Marines, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 1943-1944US Marines, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 1943-1944US Marines, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 1943-1944
US Marines, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 1943-1944US Marines, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 1943-1944US Marines, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 1943-1944African-American troops of the 1st Bn, 24th Infantry Rgmt, US Army Americal Div behind a M4A3 Sherman tank, near Empress Augusta Bay, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, circa early 1944
US Marines, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 1943-1944US Marines, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 1943-1944US Marines, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 1943-1944African-American troops of the 1st Bn, 24th Infantry Rgmt, US Army Americal Div behind a M4A3 Sherman tank, near Empress Augusta Bay, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, circa early 1944
US Marine battalion commanding officer Lieutenant Colonel John Weber receiving a report from a company commander, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, Jan 1944US Marine Raiders at Cape Totkina, Bougainville, Jan 1944On behalf of the United States Navy, Vice Admiral Aubrey Fitch receives a plaque from appreciative Solomon Islanders on Guadalcanal, 25 Jan 1944.Captain Arleigh Burke receiving the Navy Cross from Rear Admiral Arthur Merrill aboard the destroyer Charles Ausburne in Purvis Bay, Florida Island, Solomons, 30 Jan 1944.
US Marine battalion commanding officer Lieutenant Colonel John Weber receiving a report from a company commander, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, Jan 1944US Marine Raiders at Cape Totkina, Bougainville, Jan 1944On behalf of the United States Navy, Vice Admiral Aubrey Fitch receives a plaque from appreciative Solomon Islanders on Guadalcanal, 25 Jan 1944.Captain Arleigh Burke receiving the Navy Cross from Rear Admiral Arthur Merrill aboard the destroyer Charles Ausburne in Purvis Bay, Florida Island, Solomons, 30 Jan 1944.
US Marines displaying a captured Japanese flag, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, late Jan 1944Tired member of US Navy VF-17 squadron paused under the squadron scoreboard at Bougainville, Solomon Islands, Feb 1944American troops advanced under the cover of M4 Sherman tank US Navy War Damage Report drawing for USS Helena, 1 Mar 1944
US Marines displaying a captured Japanese flag, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, late Jan 1944Tired member of US Navy VF-17 squadron paused under the squadron scoreboard at Bougainville, Solomon Islands, Feb 1944American troops advanced under the cover of M4 Sherman tank 'Lucky Legs II' during mop up operations on Bougainville, Solomon Islands, Mar 1944US Navy War Damage Report drawing for USS Helena, 1 Mar 1944
Hill 260 after shelling by the US Americal Division, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 19 Mar 1944Sergeant John Cark and Staff Sergeant Ford Shaw of E Company, 25th Combat Team, US Army 93rd Division cleaning their rifles alongside the East West Trail, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 4 Apr 1944African-American soldiers of the US Army 93rd Infantry Division traveling along the Numa-Numa Trail, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 1 May 1944Wrecked Nagatsuki on the beach at Kolombangara, Solomon Islands. She was beached 5 Jul 1943 in the Battle of Kula Gulf. Photographed from cruiser USS Montpelier on 8 May 1944
Hill 260 after shelling by the US Americal Division, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 19 Mar 1944Sergeant John Cark and Staff Sergeant Ford Shaw of E Company, 25th Combat Team, US Army 93rd Division cleaning their rifles alongside the East West Trail, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 4 Apr 1944African-American soldiers of the US Army 93rd Infantry Division traveling along the Numa-Numa Trail, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 1 May 1944Wrecked Nagatsuki on the beach at Kolombangara, Solomon Islands. She was beached 5 Jul 1943 in the Battle of Kula Gulf. Photographed from cruiser USS Montpelier on 8 May 1944

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