Photos Taken in Guam | World War II Database

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Japanese Ko-hyoteki Hei Gata Type C midget submarine on a pedestal at Camp Dealy Rest & Recreation center on Guam, Mariana Islands, mid-1940s. This sub was captured aground on western Guam in late 1944.	US Marine photographer developing photographs, Guam, 1945

Corsair fighters taxi down the runway at Orote Field, Guam, Marianas, 1944-45. Note F6F Hellcats lining the runway in the foreground and TBM Avengers on the far side.	Admiral Chester Nimitz, third from left, with members of his staff on the lanai of his residence on Guam, 1945.

B-29 Superfortress bombers of the 29th Bombardment Group assembled at North Field, Guam, Mariana Islands, 1945. Note the large Square-O on the tails that painted over the tail numbers.	US airmen gathering next to B-24J Liberator bomber 'Lil Audrey Grows Up' of the 11th Bomb Group (H), Agana Airfield, Guam, Mariana Islands, 1945

A group of US Navy flight nurses walking away from a Douglas R5D Skymaster aircraft, Guam, Marianas, Apr 1945	Captain Edward Steichen, head of the United States Navy’s photographic unit, interacting with children on Guam, Mariana Islands, May 1945.

Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz and staff officers in a Jeep at Nimitz’ new forward headquarters on Guam, Mariana Islands, Apr-May 1945.	USS Missouri moored in Apra Harbor, Guam, Mariana Islands, 18 May 1945. Note hospital ship USS Hope behind Missouri and two Casablanca-class escort carriers at right.

USS LST-646 and USS LST-662 entering the floating drydock USS ABSD-6 in Apra Harbor, Guam, 29 May 1945.	Escort carrier USS Windham Bay with a collapsed flight deck from Typhoon Connie five days earlier. Photo taken at Apra Harbor, Guam, 10 Jun 1945.

Admiral Bruce Fraser aboard HMS Duke of York, Guam, Aug 1945	Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz USN (left) and Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser RN aboard Fraser’s flagship, HMS Duke of York, at Guam as Fraser invested Nimitz as a Knight Grand Cross of the British Order of the Bath, 10 Aug 1945.

Carl Gurtcheff, Vic Colucci, Arthur Ryding, Clifford Martin, William Reigger, James Badgett, J. F. Whitely, Dan Brown, Clayton Aylor, and Denny O'Neill celebrating victory at CINCPAC headquarters in Guam, 15 Aug 1945	Japanese POWs at Guam bowed their heads after hearing Emperor Showa's surrender announcement, 15 Aug 1945, photo 1 of 2

Japanese POWs at Guam bowed their heads after hearing Emperor Showa's surrender announcement, 15 Aug 1945, photo 2 of 2	Japanese prisoner of war listening to Emperor Showa's surrender announcement, Guam, 15 Aug 1945

Victory celebration, CINCPAC headquarters, Guam, 15 Aug 1945	Victory celebration, CINCPAC headquarters, Guam, 15 Aug 1945