Photos Taken in British Western Pacific Territories

267 items in this album on 14 pages.


American photograph of a captured Japanese ammunition box with ammunition strips for the Type 92 machine gun, Guadalcanal, 1942.	Bombs being brought to a TBF Avenger of United States Navy Torpedo Squadron VT-11 flying from Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, 1942. Note the pierced steel Marsden matting.	Captured Japanese Type 92 Battalion Gun on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, mid-1942	Fires burning at Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Aug-Oct 1942

Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Sep 1942	Japanese soldier throwing a Type 91 grenade, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Sep 1942	Marine Lt Col Chesty Puller in his command post on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Sep 1942.	SBD aircraft destroyed in an air attack on Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1942

US Marine Corps Wildcat fighter taking off from Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, circa Sep 1942	US Marines resting, Guadalcanal, Aug-Sep 1942	US warships firing at Japanese aircraft, Guadalcanal, 1942	Wrecked Japanese landing craft, Gavutu Beach, Guadalcanal, Aug-Sep 1942

Japanese troops arriving on Guadalcanal, circa early Sep 1942; note Savo Island in background	A temporary bridge built with amphibian tractors as floats, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1942	A United States Marine Corps SBD Dauntless light bomber in flight over Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, late 1942.	Captured Japanese ice plant, Guadalcanal, late 1942

Destroyed building, Guadalcanal, late 1942	F4F Wildcat fighters of the US Navy and US Marines lined up on Henderson Field on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Jan 1943, photo 1 of 2	F4F Wildcat fighters of the US Navy and US Marines lined up on Henderson Field on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Jan 1943, photo 2 of 2	Generals Thomas Holcomb and Alexander Vandegrift on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1942