8 Dec 1941

Marshall Islands
13 Dec 1941

Marshall Islands
27 Dec 1941

Marshall Islands
29 Dec 1941

Marshall Islands
4 Dec 1943

Marshall Islands
30 Jan 1944

Marshall Islands
1 Feb 1944

Photo(s) dated 1 Feb 1944
US Marine signalmen setting up a command post in the streets of Roi-Namur, Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, 1 Feb 1944US Army troops waiting on the invasion beach on Kwajalein, 1 Feb 1944US Army troops off the Kwajalein invasion beach, Marshall Islands, 1 Feb 1944US Marines on a beach on Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, 1 Feb 1944
3 May 1944

Marshall Islands
  • While USS Hornet was anchored at Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, a carbon dioxide fire extinguisher was discharged on the hangar deck for unknown reasons as a film was being shown. This triggered a stampede that threw two sailors overboard. One was rescued and the other's body was recovered two days later. At the time of the incident, Rear Admiral J. J. Clark recommended to Hornet Captain Miles Browning that a boat should be lowered to search for crewmen in the water and that a muster should be called to see if any sailors were missing. Browning declined both suggestions, something Clark saw as reckless and led directly to Browning losing command of Hornet. ww2dbase [J. J. Clark | Kwajalein | DS]
8 Jun 1944

Marshall Islands
10 Jun 1944

Marshall Islands

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Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, Hugh Martyr, David Stubblebine
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