29 items in this album on 2 pages.
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African-American US Marines resting during the campaign for Peleliu, Palau Islands, 15 Sep 1944 | Amphibious tractor coming out of LST-225, delivering the first wave of landers on Peleliu, Palau Islands, 15 Sep 1944 | Assault craft approaching Peleliu's beaches, 15 Sep 1944 | Bombing of Kalamaki Airfield, Athens, Greece, seen from the bomb bay of B-17 bomber 'Pig Chaser' of USAAF 463rd Bombardment Group, 15 Sep 1944 |
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Cruiser USS Honolulu firing her guns in a pre-invasion shore bombardment of Peleliu in the Palau Islands, 15 Sep 1944, D-Day on Peleliu. | Damaged muzzle brake of a German 88mm gun, located in one of Utah Beach's gun emplacements; photo taken on 15 Sep 1944 | Daniel Barbey and Douglas MacArthur inspected the invasion beaches at Morotai Island, 15 Sep 1944 | Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery talking to townspeople outside the Town Hall in Louvain, Belgium, 15 Sep 1944. In 1940, Louvain was the front line of Montgomery’s troops against the German Blitzkrieg. |
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Flamethrower in action, Peleliu, Palau Islands, Sep 1944 | Japanese anti-tank barricade on Makin, Gilbert Islands; seen in US Army publication TM E 30-480 'Handbook On Japanese Military Forces' dated 15 Sep 1944 | Japanese anti-tank ditch on Makin, Gilbert Islands; seen in US Army publication TM E 30-480 'Handbook On Japanese Military Forces' dated 15 Sep 1944 | Japanese anti-tank ditch; seen in US Army publication TM E 30-480 'Handbook On Japanese Military Forces' dated 15 Sep 1944 |
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Lieutenant Colonel R. G. Balance of US 1st Marine Division at the shore party command post, Peleliu, Palau Islands, Sep 1944; note treated shrapnel wound on his left cheek | Map showing the Morotai landings on 15 Sep 1944 | Men of the US 1st Marine Division fighting just beyond White Beach, Peleliu, 15 Sep 1944, photo 1 of 2 | Men of the US 1st Marine Division fighting just beyond White Beach, Peleliu, 15 Sep 1944, photo 2 of 2 |
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Reinforced concrete observation post, part of a German fortification at Cherbourg, France, 15 Sep 1944 | Shell damage to a German concrete 37mm gun emplacement on Utah Beach, Normandy; photo taken 15 Sep 1944 | Smoke rising from Peleliu, Palau Islands, 1944 | Smoke rising from Peleliu, Palau Islands, 1944 |
29 items in this album on 2 pages.