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"Boongs" at work - 2/2 CCS (labour gang consisting of…
"Coconut Grove" - H.Q. American Army. Near Moresby.…
[Island Encounters 2-0017]
SpPac CPU1
[Obliterated]ere is the heavy equipment yard…
Corporal Gentry
2/2 C.C.S. Koitaki. N.G. '43
20 Mile Valley - Hell Fire Pass & Air Strip (from Hom…
20 Mile Valley & Hell Fire Pass (from Hom Brom) N.G.…
20 Mile Valley from Hom Brom Pt. N.G.
20 Mile Valley from Hom Brom. N.G. '43
5AGH - the Oyster Bay in background and mangrove…
5AGH in Death Valley. N.G. '43
61 year old Chamorro woman on Saipan looks over some of…
S/Sgt. R.E. Olund, U.S. Marine Corps
A.W. Fitch at Guadalcanal
ComAirSoPac
ACF hut at Rauma
Across the bay to Owen Stanleys. N.G. '43
Administration section 5AGH. N. Guinea '43
Advanced Stockade--General View
Cpl. A. R. Morejohn, U.S. Marines
After the Americans recaptured the island, a…
Alex Kwaisufu, a private in the Solomon Islands Labour…
U.S. Army Signal Corps
Along with photographs, servicemen also represented…
Lieutenant W.J. Fischer
American Civil Affairs Officer makes friends by giving…
Tech. Sgt. Arnold Johnson
American Nationals Again Under U.S. Protection [See…
Sgt. Mundell, U.S. Marines
Amphibian Jeep - Local Island. '43
Amphibian Jeep & Americans. N.G. '43
An American Catholic priest, standing next to a…
Appearing before the most unusual audience of his…
Cpl. Ferneyhough
Apprentice: This little Melanesian boy helps his elders…
Saunders (U.S. Marine Corps)
As their island is occupied by U.S. troops, Nissan…
At 2/2 C.C.S. Koitaki (mud everywhere!) N.G. '43
At Halavo Seaplane Base, Islanders teach black American…
At Uberri - near McDonald's plantation. Outpost of Japs…
At Uberri with Bob Stinson (USA Air Ace) - near Jap…
Australian Maj. J.V. Mather pays a Solomon blue-black…
Howard, U.S. Marine Corps
Battle scene, coastal area
Billy Gina standing over man sighting rifle. [See "more…
Col. Michael Currin
Bistanua - Papuan infantry HQ near Uberri. N.G. '43
Bloodiest Victory. Palaus. America's Pacific Offensive…
Faik, Stanley
boards & the 2 huts - op theatre & Physiotherapy 5AGH.…
Bob Stinson (US Air Ace Aerocobra Squadron). Jim…
Bootlen Inlet - hospital zone. N.G. '43
Bougainville. . . . .Natives seeking refuge near Marine…
Pfc. J.J. Batts (U.S. Marine Corps)
Bougainville. . . .Native Girl is Given Medical…
Tech Sgt. Sarno, U.S. Marine Corps
Cape Gloucester. . . . . . .Filial Devotion Kalingi Way…
Koepplinger
Captain Donald Kennedy, District Officer on veranda of…
Col. Michael Currin, USMC (ret.)
Captain Moy of the Australian Army is shown here…
Pfc. Phil Scheer
Captain William M. Quigley, USN, Commander of the Naval…
Catholic missionaries land on the docks on Guadalcanal…
Caught in the tides of battle, Papuans who had lived…
Coast of Saipan
Coastline near Moresby. N.G.
Col & I near Administration section of hospital. N.…
Construction Equipment at Lunga Beach, Guadalcanal [See…
COS office in "A" Block. 5AGH. N.G. '43
Craft made from fighter belly tanks with outboard…
Crash Boats at Local Island. N.G. '43
Dead Japanese soldier in front of tank
Different shot, same subject as previous photo [Ref No.…
Dr. O'Brien treating natives at Ong Tong, Java
ComSoPac
Dressed in native beads they received from the natives…
T/4 Stanley Lambert
Dressing the lads for their concert. 2/2 CCS. Koitaki.…
Easter Services at Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, with…
Ellice Island . . . Inspecting Laundry: P/Sgt. Hayes…
Staff Sgt. H. Neil Gillespie
Emergency rubber boat (air force). Mac, Kevin, Joan &…
Emil - on board the lugger. Local Island. N. Guinea
Emil chatting with Yank. The belly tank outrigger was…
En route to Local Island for picnic with 45 Air Group.…
Evacuation of natives of Green Island, of New Ireland,…
S/Sgt. G.R. Case
SSgt. G.R. Gass, U.S. Marine Corps
Evacuation of natives of Green Island, off New Ireland.
Staff Sgt. G.R. Gass.U.S. Marines
Explosions on coast
Fais Islanders try out a new custom: saluting the…
Farming Lesson for Natives
First of its kind to land in this area, a U.S. Navy…
Florida Island. . . .Native boys barter bananas for…
Mar. Gun. J.F. Leopold, U.S. Marines
Four Marines lie on their stretchers waiting to be…
Sgt. Brenner
Four Fais men sort newly acquired American money with…
Fresh fruit after 6/12 abstinence (gift from Navy).…
Gift-giving druing the war flowed two ways, and many…
Gloucester natives examine first U.S. Plane on airport
Guadacanal engineering activity [See "more images"…
Roberston [sic]
Guadalcanal native who have joined in the fight against…
Guadalcanal natives load mail for United States Marines…
Pfc Edward Merva
Guadalcanal supplies: unloading beer at rations dump
Guadalcanal: Natives aid Marine Communicators in the…
Sgt. James H. McNamara
Handling and stowage of gasoline on Guadalcanal.…
Harry Wickham & Michael Currin
Heads high, these native troopers march as proudly as…
Corp. T. D. Gambill
Hell Fire Pass & 20 Mile Valley from Hom Brom mountain.…
1st Lt. Archie Brown (U.S. Marine Corps) (1)
34th CBs (3)
Among Those Present (1)
Andre Auw (1)
Barnett (U.S. Marine Corps) (1)
Brenner (1)
Cannistraci (1)
CincPac (1)
Col. A.M. Dugo, U.S. Marine Corps (1)
Col. Michael Currin (2)
Col. Michael Currin, U.S. Marine Corps (1)
Col. Michael Currin, USMC (ret.) (8)
ComAirSoPac (2)
ComSoPac (1)
Corp. T. D. Gambill (1)
Corporal Gentry (1)
Corporal Milton A. Ford (1)
Cpl C.M. Smith (1)
Cpl. Jack Ely (1)
Cpl. A. R. Morejohn, U.S. Marines (1)
Cpl. A.B. Manell (1)
Cpl. Angus Robertson (1)
Cpl. D.L. Kettler (1)
Cpl. David Ohman (1)
Cpl. Ferneyhough (1)
Cpl. Kettler (U.S. Marine Corps) (1)
Cpl. Robert Brennen (1)
Cpl. Robert W. Skelton (1)
Cpl. W. Shay (1)
Faik, Stanley (1)
Fitzgerald (1)
Gambill (1)
Heiberger (1)
Howard, U.S. Marine Corps (1)
J.W. Mull [unclear] (1)
John W. Saunders, USMC (1)
Koepplinger (2)
Lieutenant W.J. Fischer (1)
MAG 45 (1)
Mar. Gun. J.F. Leopold, U.S. Marines (1)
McElroy (U.S. Marine Corps) (1)
Moeller (1)
Ohman (1)
Pfc Edward Merva (1)
Pfc. F.A. Cannistraci [text difficult to read; see "more images" below] (1)
Pfc. J. J. Batts (1)
Pfc. J.J. Batts (U.S. Marine Corps) (1)
Pfc. Phil Scheer (1)
PfC. R. Estes (1)
Roberston [sic] (1)
S/Sgt. G.R. Case (1)
S/Sgt. R.E. Olund, U.S. Marine Corps (1)
S/Sgt. W.C. Fitch (1)
Saunders (U.S. Marine Corps) (1)
Sgt. Brenner (1)
Sgt. James H. McNamara (1)
Sgt. James Mundell (1)
Sgt. M.E. Garber (1)
Sgt. Mundell, U.S. Marines (1)
Sgt. Rex R. Robbins, U.S. Marine Corps (1)
SpPac CPU1 (1)
SSgt. G.R. Gass, U.S. Marine Corps (1)
Staff Sgt. G.R. Gass.U.S. Marines (1)
Staff Sgt. H. Neil Gillespie (2)
Staff Sgt. Heiberger (U.S. Marine Corps) (1)
Staff Sgt. Mundell (1)
T/4 Stanley Lambert (1)
Tech Sgt. Sarno, U.S. Marine Corps (1)
Tech. Sgt. Arnold Johnson (1)
Tech. Sgt. M.E. Moran (1)
Topp, Mrs. Anna (1)
U.S. Army Signal Corps (9)
U.S. Marine Corps (29)
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. A.M. Dileon (1)
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Kettler (1)
U.S. Naval Construction Battalion Center (1)
Wright, U.S. Marine Corps (1)
20 Mile Valley (6)
Ailinglapalap Atoll (Marshall Islands) aka Ailinglaplap (2)
Aircraft--Oceania (8)
Airfields--Oceania (3)
Americans--Pacific Area (107)
Arm Bands (Clothing and dress--Oceania) (18)
Artillery (34)
Australian General Hospital Number 5 (5 AGH, 5 A.G.H.) (9)
Bananas--Oceania (3)
Barter/Pay/Employ--Oceania (17)
Baskets--Oceania (10)
Beads (Clothing and dress--Oceania) (5)
Belau (Palau) (3)
Betel Nut--Oceania (1)
Bootless Inlet (Papua New Guinea) (2)
Bougainville Island (Papua New Guinea) (8)
British Solomon Islands Protectorate Defence Force (BSIPDF, BSIDF) (10)
Casualty Clearing Station (2/2 C.C.S., 2/2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station) (10)
Catholic Nuns/Missionaries--Oceania (5)
Ceremony/Ritual--Oceania (26)
Chamorros (13)
Charts/Maps--Oceania (2)
Christianity--Oceania (15)
Coastwatchers (Allied Forces-Pacific Area) (1)
Coconuts--Oceania (1)
ComSoPac (Commander South Pacific, United States Navy) (1)
Construction--Oceania (6)
Currin, Michael (11)
Donedobu (Papua New Guinea) AKA Konedobu (4)
Dutch New Guinea (1)
Ear Wear (Clothing and dress--Oceania) (6)
Education--Oceania (2)
Ellice Islands (Tuvalu) (2)
Entertainment--Oceania (13)
Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) (8)
Food Preparation--Oceania (4)
Fruit--Oceania (2)
Gift Exchange--Oceania (4)
Gilbert Islands (Kiribati) (3)
Grass Skirts (Clothing and dress--Oceania) (15)
Graves/Cemeteries--Oceania (3)
Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands) (44)
Halavo (Nggela Islands, Solomon Islands) (4)
Head Wear (Clothing and dress--Oceania) (36)
Hellfire Pass (Thailand) (4)
Hombrom Bluff (Papua New Guinea) (8)
Hospitals/Clinics--Oceania (19)
Identified Persons (61)
Indigenous peoples ("Natives") (174)
Irian Jaya (Dutch New Guinea) (2)
Japanese Occupation--Oceania (2)
Java (Indonesia) (1)
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Koitaki (Kokoda Track, Papua New Guinea) (15)
Konedobu Village (Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea) (2)
Labor Corps (Solomon Islands Labour Corps) (5)
Lae Lae (Papua New Guinea) (3)
Landing Craft--Oceania (10)
Leis (Clothing and dress--Oceania) (5)
Local Island (Papua New Guinea) (7)
Loki River [Ramu? River, PNG] (2)
Machinery (Heavy Equipment) (10)
Majuro Atoll (Marshall Islands) (5)
Malaita Province (Solomon Islands) (4)
Medical Care--Oceania (11)
Micronesia (37)
Moresby, Papua New Guinea (6)
Native Guides--Oceania (4)
Native Policemen--Oceania (1)
Native Scouts--Oceania (2)
Neck Wear (Clothing and dress--Oceania) (39)
New Britain Island (Papua New Guinea) (7)
New Georgia Group (Solomon Islands) (21)
New Guinea (114)
New Ireland Province (Papua New Guinea) (3)
Nggela Islands (Florida Islands), Solomon Islands (5)
Nissan (Green Island), Papua New Guinea (2)
Nurses--Oceania (1)
Okinawa (1)
Owen Stanley Range, Papua New Guinea (2)
Oyster Bay (Bootless Bay/Bootless Inlet, Papua New Guinea) (2)
Pacific Islanders-Exposure to Western culture (2)
Peleliu Island (Palau) (1)
Phosphate--Oceania (1)
Pyle, Ernie, 1900-1945 (Ernie Pyle) (1)
Railroads--Oceania (1)
Rauma [Ramu?] (Papua New Guinea) (5)
Recruitment - Solomon Islands Labour Corps (3)
Relocation/Evacuation--Oceania (16)
Rubber plantations--Oceania (3)
Russell Islands (Solomon Islands) (4)
Saipan (25)
San Cristobal Island (now Makira), Solomon Islands (2)
Sea Bees--Oceania (8)
Seaplane Base, Halavo (Solomon Islands) (4)
Segi Point Training, New Georgia (Solomon Islands) (9)
Skulls/Heads--Social aspects--Pacific Area (1)
Smoking--Oceania (12)
Solomon Islands (75)
Spears--Oceania (1)
Stockades/Prisoners--Oceania (7)
Supplies and stores--Oceania (11)
Tattoo/Tatooing--Oceania (1)
Thatch--Oceania (19)
Tools/Technology--Oceania (18)
Truk (Chuuk) (2)
Tulagi Island (Solomon Islands) (2)
Uberri (Papua New Guinea) (5)
Ulithi (Micronesia) (5)
Unidentified Persons--Oceania (160)
United States Army (3)
United States Army. Signal Corps (10)
United States Marine Corps (76)
United States Naval Construction Battalion Center (2)
United States Navy (39)
United States Navy. Pacific Fleet (3)
United States. Office of Economic Warfare (1)
Vanuatu (New Hebrides) (1)
Vehicles, Military, etc.--Oceania (37)
Walking Sticks (Clothing and dress--Oceania) (4)
War Injuries--Oceania (1)
Woleai Atoll (Micronesia) (1)
World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage--Oceania (7)
Yaws (Treponematoses) (2)
Agana, Guam (2)
Ailinglapalap Atoll, Marshall Islands (2)
Aola, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands (1)
Apia, Western Samoa (1)
Banika Island, Russell Islands, Solomon Islands (2)
Bootlen Inlet, New Guinea (1)
Bootlen, New Guinea (1)
Bougainville (4)
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea (2)
Cape Gloucester, New Britain, New Guinea (4)
Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Papua New Guinea (2)
Donedobu, New Guinea (4)
Ellice Islands (1)
Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu (New Hebrides) (1)
Fais Island, Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia (1)
Fais, Federated States of Micronesia (2)
Falalop, Ulithi Atoll, Federated States of Micronesia (1)
Fassarai, Ulithi Atoll, Federated States of Micronesia (1)
Florida Island, Solomon Islands (1)
Gilbert Islands, Micronesia (1)
Green Island, New Ireland (2)
Green Island, New Ireland, Bougainville (2)
Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands (38)
Halava [unclear] Seaplane Base, Florida Is., Solomon Islands (1)
Halavo Seaplane Base, Florida Island, Solomon Islands (1)
Halavo Seaplane Base, Nggela (Florida), Solomon Islands (1)
Halavo, Nggela (Florida), Solomon Islands (1)
Hom Brom, New Guinea (8)
Houailou, New Caledonia (1)
Inigua, Guam (1)
Ironbottom Bay, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands (1)
Kakambona, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands (1)
Kirakira, (Makira) San Cristobal, Solomon Islands (1)
Kirakira, San Cristobal Island, Solomon Islands (1)
Koitaki, New Guinea (16)
Kolombangara Island, New Georgia Islands, Solomon Islands (1)
Konedobu Village, New Guinea (1)
Konedobu, New Guinea (1)
Kwai, Malaita, Solomon Islands (1)
Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands (1)
Kwajalein, Kwajalein Atoll, Republic of The Marshall Islands (1)
Lae Lae Memou, New Guinea (1)
Lae Lae, New Guinea (2)
Lae, New Guinea (1)
Lake Sentani, New Guinea (1)
Local Island, New Guinea (7)
Loki River, Rauma, New Guinea (2)
Lunga Beach, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands (1)
Lunga, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands (1)
Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands (3)
Majuro Atoll, Republic of The Marshall Islands (1)
Makira, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands (1)
Malaita, Solomon Islands (1)
Malaita? (1)
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Marshall Islands (Majuro Atoll?) (1)
Merizo, Guam (1)
Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea (1)
Mok Island (1)
Moresby, New Guinea (6)
Morobe (?), Papua New Guinea (1)
Morobe, Papua New Guinea (1)
Munda, New Georgia, Solomon Islands (2)
New Georgia, Solomon Islands (3)
New Guinea (36)
Ngella, Solomon Islands (1)
Nggela (Florida), Solomon Islands (2)
Nissan (Green Island) (1)
Noemfoor, Irian Jaya (Dutch New Guinea) (1)
Noumea Harbor, New Caledonia (1)
Noumea, New Caledonia (1)
Ong Tong, Java (1)
Owen Stanleys, New Guinea (2)
Parii, New Guinea (1)
Pavuvu, Russell Islands, Solomon Islands (3)
Peleliu, Palau (2)
Pervis Bay, Tulagi, Solomon Islands (1)
Port Moresby, New Guinea (1)
Rauma Falls, New Guinea (3)
Rauma, New Guinea (1)
Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands (20)
Sansapor, Irian Jaya (Dutch New Guinea) (1)
Seghe, New Georgia, Solomon Islands (1)
Segi Point, New Georgia (2)
Segi Point, New Georgia, Solomon Islands (8)
Sentai (Sentani) Lake, Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea (1)
St. Louis Village, New Caledonia (1)
Talofofo, Guam (1)
Tarawa, Gilbert Islans (Kiribati) (1)
Tongatapu, Tonga (1)
Tulagi Island, Solomon Islands (1)
Tusamine, New Georgia, Solomon Islands (1)
Tutuila, American Samoa (1)
Uberri, Moresby, New Guinea (1)
Uberri, New Guinea (4)
Ulithi Atoll, Federated States of Micronesia (1)
Ulithi Atoll, Western Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia (1)
Vangunu Island, New Georgia Islands, Solomon Islands (1)
Vella Lavella, New Georgia Islands, Solomon Islands (1)
Wallis Island (1)
Woleai Atoll, Federated States of Micronesia, Micronesia (1)
Andre Auw (U.S. Army) (1)
Bureau of Public Relations, War Dept., Washington (1)
Col. Michael Currin, U.S. Marine Corps (ret.) (3)
D. of I. picture (1)
Defense Dept. Photo (Marine Corps) (3)
Defense Dept. Photo, U.S. Marine Corps (1)
U.S. Army Signal Corps, U.S. National Archives (1)
U.S. National Archive (1)
U.S. National Archives (30)
U.S. National Archives, U.S. Navy (1)
U.S. National Archives, U.S. Army Signal Corps (6)
U.S. National Archives, U.S. Army Signal Corps Photo (1)
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U.S. National Archives, U.S. Marines (2)
U.S. National Archives, U.S. Navy (25)
U.S. National Archives, U.S. Signal Corps (1)
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U.S. National Archives. U.S. Navy (5)
U.S. Navy (2)
U.S. Sea Bees (1)