204 items in this album on 11 pages.
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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 |
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US troops boarding landing barges at Empress Augusta Bay, Bougainville, Nov 1943 | View of the flight deck of USS Saratoga, Solomon Islands, Nov 1943 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Montpelier firing her guns during the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay, night of 1-2 Nov 1943 | Busy flight deck of the USS Saratoga, 5 Nov 1943. In the foreground is an SBD Dauntless while F6F-3 Hellcats land astern after a strike against Rabaul in support of Bougainville operations. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
204 items in this album on 11 pages.