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Landing reinforcements to the beachhead would initially be performed through prefabricated causeways. Here, troops, army trucks and field guns are...

American soldiers of 7th Army resting in the shade of a tree during the invasion landings at Salerno. Location:Salerno, Italy Date...

ENLISTED MAN CATCHES UP ON LOST SLEEP after spending all night packing and moving with his regiment to the port of embarkation in preparation for a...

MARINES LEAVING A LOG BEACH BARRICADE, face fire-swept open ground on Betio Island in their advance toward the immediate objective, the Japanese...

Prior to the invasion on15 June, a two-day naval bombardment was directed at Saipan. During the first four days of the attack on the island, Japanese...

ROUTING THE ENEMY FROM DEFENSIVE POSITIONS, Kwajalein Atoll. Infantrymen poised to enter a well-camouflaged enemy dugout

Camp Pendleton, 1944. Cpl Nicolas Hernandez, 1st Plt, H 3/26, 5th MarDiv poses for a snapshot with his M1. He was already a combat veteran of the 1st...

Roi-Namur – February 1944. The price of victory in World War II. A Leatherneck of the 23rd Marines, Fourth Marine Division, lies atop his rifle where...

Infantrymen of the Third Marine Division training in bayonet tactics under the watchful eye of their NCO in the summer of 1945. This picture is...

U.S. Soldiers march in a victory parade in Dusseldorf, Germany, on V-E Day, May 8, 1945. Image and caption: U.S. Army Germany Quits!...

V-J DAY PARADE IN HONOLULU. The total of U.S. Army casualties in the global war was nearly 950,000, including almost 330,000 killed in battle. Of the...

MILITARY POLICEMEN STAND GUARD as Japanese soldiers carry rifles, light machine guns, and side arms from trucks into a building used as a collecting...

2.36-INCH ROCKET LAUNCHER M9 being fired into a cave on Saipan, 28 July. These launchers, called bazookas, were usually equipped with a flash...

INFANTRYMEN MOVING FORWARD, 22 November, the day they took the east tank barrier on the island. Flanking machine gun and rifle fire from the enemy in...

A rifle coach demonstrates the correct way to fire from the sitting position. This was a difficult position for many recruits. USMC Photo ...

Accompanied by M4A3 tanks, soldiers of the 9th Infantry Division of the U.S., concentrated near Bath, on February 27, 1945.