US Marine "Raiders" and their war dogs, which are used for scouting and running messages, starting…

 Colonel Boyington with "Black Sheep" Squadron VMF-214 in front of F4U-4 Corsair fighter plane befo…

 Colonel Gregory "Pappy" Boyington with his Black Sheep Squadron, (VMF-214) going over tactics and …

 Marines pilots with VMF-222 relaxing on the wings of this F4U-4 Corsair fighter plane in between s…

 Looking forward along deck from stern of U.S. submarine on war patrol in the south Pacific, August…

 Officer at periscope looking for Japanese ships during war patrol in the Coral Sea,  April 29, 19…

 Officer at periscope looking for enemy ships during support for the landings on Vella Lavella in t…

 A Japanese bomb splashes astern of the carrier USS Enterprise as the enemy plane pulls out of its …

Japanese attack on the USS Enterprise, afternoon of 24 Aug 1942, this is the third Japanese bomb to …

 On 1 November 1943 the US 3rd Marine Division landed at Cape Torokina in Empress Augusta Bay, Boug…

 American troops with the 160th Infantry Regiment move ashore from landing craft during amphibious …

 Landing operations on Rendova Island, Solomon Islands, 30 June 1943. Attacking at the break of day…

 Sherman tank "Lucky Legs" and US Marines during early morning mop up operation on Bougainville. Du…

 US 1st Marine Division under Major General William H. Rupertus, battle in the jungle with the Japa…

 Lt. Col. John Weber, commanding officer of a Marine battalion on Cape Gloucester, sitting on his h…

 Tired member of VF-17 relaxing under fighting squadron 17 scoreboard on Bougainville, February 194…

 U.S. Marine Raiders gathered in front of a Japanese dugout at Cape Totkina on Bougainville, Soloma…

In an underground surgery room, behind the front lines on Bougainville, U.S. Army doctor operates on…

Invasion of Cape Cloucester, New Britain, 24 Dec. 1943. Crammed with men and material for the invasi…

Sgt. Carl Weinke and Pfc. Ernest Marjoram, Signal Corps cameramen, wading through stream while follo…

U.S. Coast Guardsmen go for a swim under the hull of a famous Japanese landmark in the Solomons, the…

Wounded Marines with 4th Marine Raider Battalion on Landing craft "LCM" from "Battle of New Georgia,…

One of the first to fall, wounded in the initial invasion at Empress Augusta Bay, Bougainville, this…

"Water Buffalo" (amphibious tanks) line up for invasion of Cape Sansapor at the western end of Dutch…