Photos Taken in British Western Pacific Territories

244 items in this album on 13 pages.


US Marine ground crew putting out a fire on a Wildcat fighter, Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1942	B-17F Fortress flying past Mt. Bagana on Bougainville, Solomon Islands, Nov 11, 1942. This aircraft is returning from bombing Buka Island and is on its way to bomb Shortland Harbor at opposite the end of Bougainville	USS President Jackson (left of photograph), USS San Francisco (background center) during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, 12 Nov 1942; the column of smoke in the background astern of USS San Francisco was from a downed Japanese aircraft	Torpedo damage to the stern of USS Portland as she was undergoing temporary repairs at Tulagi, Solomon Islands. The blast took off Portland’s two inboard propellers, jammed the rudder, and froze the No. 3 turret

Two beached Japanese transports burning after US aerial attack near Tassafaroga Point, Guadalcanal, 15 Nov 1942	USMC Lieutenant Colonel W. W. Stickney preparing to cut a Thanksgiving holiday cake with a captured Japanese sword, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, circa 26 Nov 1942	Henderson Field headquarters building, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Dec 1942	Jacob Vouza holding the severed head of a Japanese soldier, Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, Dec 1942

Down by the bow, USS New Orleans arriving in Tulagi Harbor, Solomon Islands, 1 Dec 1942. The night before, New Orleans was struck by a torpedo in the Battle of Tassafaronga that blew off 150 feet of her bow.	Elco 80-foot torpedo boat PT-109 commanded by Ensign Bryant L Larson delivering 96 survivors from the sunken cruiser USS Northampton to Tulagi Harbor, Solomon Islands, 1 Dec 1942. Note the cruiser USS New Orleans at left.	Men and supplies of the 132rd Regimental Combat Team of the US Army Americal Division, Kikum, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 8 Dec 1942	Men and weapons of the 132rd Regimental Combat Team of the US Army Americal Division, Kikum, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 8 Dec 1942; note M3 37mm gun

John Day of US 7th Marine Regiment on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 21 Dec 1942	A crewman finds the only shade there is on the airstrip on Green Island (now Nissan Island), Northern Solomons, beneath an F4U-1D Corsair fighter of Marine Squadron 222, 1943-44.	A PBY Catalina flying past the Escort Carrier USS Sangamon at anchor in the Solomons, 1943.	A6M Model 22 Zero fighters of Zuikaku's air group at Kahili Airfield on Bougainville, Solomon Islands, early 1943

B-17E bomber of 42nd Bomb Squadron of USAAF 11th Bomb Group at Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1943	Crewman pulls the propeller through on an F4U-1 Corsair of Marine Fighting Squadron 218 at Barakoma Airfield, Vella Lavella, Solomon Islands, 1943. Note the general sandblasted look of the aircraft after long exposure to tropical winds and coral dust.	Evans Carlson, Jacob Vouza, and John Mather, Guadalcanal, circa late 1942 or early 1943	F4F-4 Wildcat fighters of a Marine Fighting Squadron at rest on Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, Solomons, 1942-43.