Solomon Islands Campaign Photographs

182 items in this album on 10 pages.


F4U-1 Corsair of Marine Squadron VMF-223 at the Munda Airstrip, New Georgia, Solomons, 1943	F4U-1A Corsair of Marine Squadron VMF-212 at Barakoma Airfield, Vella Lavella, Solomons, Nov 1943

US troops boarding landing barges at Empress Augusta Bay, Bougainville, Nov 1943	View of the flight deck of USS Saratoga, Solomon Islands, Nov 1943

LCVP landing craft circling off Cape Torokina, Bougainville, Solomon Islands while awaiting orders, 1 Nov 1943; note 20mm Oerlikon AA gun; photographed from aboard APA-13 USS American Legion	Men of the US 3rd Marine Regiment fighting just inland of Blue 3 Beach, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 1 Nov 1943

SBD Dauntless dive bomber of US Marine Corps VMSB-144 squadron flying over Cape Torokina by Empress Augusta Bay, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 1 Nov 1943	USS Columbia and other warships off Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 1-2 Nov 1943; note crashed Japanese aircraft ahead of USS Columbia

USS Columbia bombarding Japanese positions on Bougainville, Solomon islands, 1 Nov 1943	Men of US 3rd Marine Division disembarking onto the invasion beach at Bougainville, Solomon Islands, Nov 1943

Montpelier firing her guns during the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay, night of 1-2 Nov 1943	Elco 80-foot torpedo boat PT-167 with a through-and-through hole in the bow section made by a Japanese torpedo that did not explode, Solomon Islands, 5 Nov 1943. Note 37mm cannon and “Zebra” pattern paint scheme.

Japanese freighter exploding after being hit by a bomb, Rabaul, New Britain, Nov 1943	Phosphorus bombs exploding on Japanese airfields at Rabaul, New Britain, Nov 1943

SBD Dauntless crewman Alva Parker, having suffered neck and shoulder shrapnel wounds over Rabaul, New Britain, being helped from the aircraft after landing on USS Saratoga, 5 Nov 1943	US Navy airmen Alva Parker, wounded during a raid on Rabaul in New Britain, aboard USS Saratoga awaiting medical treatment, 5 Nov 1943

US Navy pilot Commander Joseph Clifton celebrating a successful raid on Rabaul, New Britain aboard USS Saratoga, 5 Nov 1943	US Navy pilots Ensign Charles Miller, Lieutenant (jg) Henry Dearing, and Lieutenant (jg) Bus Alber walking toward their aircraft aboard USS Saratoga, 5 Nov 1943; note F6F fighter

United States Navy ship LST-207, staffed by Coast Guard personnel, on Kukum Beach, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 26 Nov 1943.	US Marine 'Raiders' and their dogs on Bougainville, circa Nov-Dec 1943