190 items in this album on 10 pages.

Men of Company K, 3rd Battalion, US 27th Infantry Division along the Zieta Trail, New Georgia, Solomon Islands, 12 Aug 1943US Army Major General J. Lawton Collins and Major Charles Davis at New Georgia, Solomon Islands, 14 Aug 19432Lt Harry S Huidekoper, USMCR of VMF-213 poses aboard the hulk of F4U-1 Corsair “George,” Munda Airstrip, New Georgia, Solomon Islands, Sept 1943. This aircraft previously flew with VMF-122.American field hospital, New Georgia, 1943
Men of Company K, 3rd Battalion, US 27th Infantry Division along the Zieta Trail, New Georgia, Solomon Islands, 12 Aug 1943US Army Major General J. Lawton Collins and Major Charles Davis at New Georgia, Solomon Islands, 14 Aug 19432Lt Harry S Huidekoper, USMCR of VMF-213 poses aboard the hulk of F4U-1 Corsair “George,” Munda Airstrip, New Georgia, Solomon Islands, Sept 1943. This aircraft previously flew with VMF-122.American field hospital, New Georgia, 1943
Barren landscape, New Georgia, 1943Navy TBF-1 Avengers at the Munda Airstrip, New Georgia, Solomons, Sep 1943. Note the crews are in the process of applying the newly updated National Insignia with white bars and a blue border.Navy TBF-1 Avengers at the Munda Airstrip, New Georgia, Solomons, Sept 1943.Navy TBF-1 Avengers at the Munda Airstrip, New Georgia, Solomons, Sept 1943. Note the crews are in the process of applying the newly updated National Insignia with white bars and a blue border.
Barren landscape, New Georgia, 1943Navy TBF-1 Avengers at the Munda Airstrip, New Georgia, Solomons, Sep 1943. Note the crews are in the process of applying the newly updated National Insignia with white bars and a blue border.Navy TBF-1 Avengers at the Munda Airstrip, New Georgia, Solomons, Sept 1943.Navy TBF-1 Avengers at the Munda Airstrip, New Georgia, Solomons, Sept 1943. Note the crews are in the process of applying the newly updated National Insignia with white bars and a blue border.
PV-1 Ventura in service as a night fighter with Marine Night Fighting Squadron VMF(N)-531 at Banika, Russell Islands in the Solomons, mid-Sep 1943.Two Japanese soldiers captured at Ilangana Peninsula, New Georgia, Solomon Islands, mid-1943US Marine, New Georgia, 1943US Marines operating heavy equipment, New Georgia, 1943
PV-1 Ventura in service as a night fighter with Marine Night Fighting Squadron VMF(N)-531 at Banika, Russell Islands in the Solomons, mid-Sep 1943.Two Japanese soldiers captured at Ilangana Peninsula, New Georgia, Solomon Islands, mid-1943US Marine, New Georgia, 1943US Marines operating heavy equipment, New Georgia, 1943
US Marines resting, New Georgia, 1943; note native portersUS Marines with captured Japanese equipment, New Georgia, 1943US Marines, New Georgia, 1943Wrecked A6M3 Zero aircraft at Munda Field, New Georgia, Solomon Islands, Sep 1943
US Marines resting, New Georgia, 1943; note native portersUS Marines with captured Japanese equipment, New Georgia, 1943US Marines, New Georgia, 1943Wrecked A6M3 Zero aircraft at Munda Field, New Georgia, Solomon Islands, Sep 1943
Wrecked aircraft and Jeep, New Georgia, 1943Wrecked aircraft, New Georgia, 1943Wrecked Japanese G4M US Army infantrymen fighting in the jungles of Vella Lavella, Solomon Islands, 13 Sep 1943
Wrecked aircraft and Jeep, New Georgia, 1943Wrecked aircraft, New Georgia, 1943Wrecked Japanese G4M 'Betty' bomber, Munda Airfield, New Georgia, 1943US Army infantrymen fighting in the jungles of Vella Lavella, Solomon Islands, 13 Sep 1943

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