Photos Taken in British Western Pacific Territories

262 items in this album on 14 pages.


Jeep crossing a coconut tree log bridge over the Bonegi River, Guadalcanal, late 1942	Jeeps, Guadalcanal, late 1942

Lewis Puller on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1942	Local policemen with British Solomon Islands Protectorate Defence Force Captain Martin Clemons on Guadalcanal, Oct 1942

M3A1 light tank of the United States Marine Corps at Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1942	Makeshift defensive structure built by US Marines due to barbed wire shortage, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1942

Smoke rising from a crashed Japanese aircraft, off Guadalcanal, late 1942; photo taken from transport Crescent City	Tenaru River, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1942

US Army Jeeps driving up Wright Road toward the area of the Japanese Gifu strongpoint on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1942.	US Marine aviators Major John Smith, Major Robert Galer, and Captain Marion Carl having just received Navy Cross medals, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1942

US Marine Browning M1917 machine gun position over a Matanikao River crossing, Guadalcanal, Sep-Oct 1942	US Marine munitions officer John Day at a field office of 7th Marine Regiment, Guadalcanal, 1942

US Marines crossing Lunga River, Guadalcanal, late 1942	US Marines evacuating a wounded comrade, near Kokumbona River, Guadalcanal, Sep-Oct 1942

B-17F Fortress “The Aztec’s Curse” of the 26th Bomb Squadron immediately after an attack on Ghizo Island in the Solomon Islands, 5 Oct 1942.	Clifton Cates with battalion commanders of US 1st Marine Regiment, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 10 Oct 1942

Damaged cruiser Aoba off Buin, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 13 Oct 1942; photo taken from cruiser Chokai	Nisshin (center) and an unidentified Japanese ship (bottom) at Tonolei Harbor, Bougainville, 13 Oct 1942

TBF-1 Avenger of Marine Squadron VMSB-131 at Guadalcanal, 1942	TBF-1 Avenger of Marine Squadron VMSB-131 at Guadalcanal, 1942