Solomon Islands Campaign Photographs

204 items in this album on 11 pages.


Torpedo damage to the cruiser USS St. Louis sustained during the Battle of Kolombangara on 13 Jul 1943 during the Solomon Island Campaign. The photo was taken at Espiritu Santo on 20 Jul 1943.	105mm Howitzer M2A1 crew of US 152nd Field Artillery Battalion on New Georgia, Solomon Islands, 1943

Destroyed Japanese field gun, New Georgia, 1943	Japanese Type 91 40mm anti-aircraft gun at Munda Point, New Georgia, Solomon Islands, Aug 1943

Japanese Type 94 anti-tank gun crew dead in a gun pit after the Battle for Munda Point on New Georgia, Solomon Islands, Aug 1943	M3 light tanks of US 9th Marine Defense Battalion near the base of Bibilo Hill, Munda, New Georgia, Aug 1943

US construction troops on New Georgia, 1943	US Marine supply dump, New Georgia, 1943

US Marines in New Georgia, 1943	US Marines with field gun, New Georgia, 1943

US Marines, New Georgia, 1943	US Marines, New Georgia, 1943

US Navy pilots of Fighting Squadron 6 display the Royal Navy Ensign and the crest of HMS Victorious during their service aboard the British carrier when she was on loan to the US Fleet, 1943.	Men of Company K, 3rd Battalion, US 27th Infantry Regiment along the Zieta Trail, New Georgia, Solomon Islands, 12 Aug 1943

US Army Major General J. Lawton Collins and Major Charles Davis at New Georgia, Solomon Islands, 14 Aug 1943	2Lt 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, 1943

Navy 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.