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• 2. A. Philip La Follette, 1942-1944
• 3. A. [General Douglas MacArthur and soldier.]
• 3. B. Arthur Selzberger, Turner Catlidge, P.F.C., somewhere in New Guinea, 1944 December
• 3. C. [General Douglas MacArthur, in jeep, reviewing troops.]
• 3. D. [Unidentified]
• 3. E. Frank Neason [?], Philip La Follette, and Raymond Clapper
• 3. F. General Douglas MacArthur, in jeep, reviewing troops
• 4. A. Frank Priest, Philip La Follette, and Jack Turcott
• 4. B. Victor Barnett, Philip La Follette, Bill Chickering, and Jack Turcott
• 4. C. Philip La Follette
• 4. D. George Gustus, New York City; Frank Kunz, Ohio; and Leslie Winston, Montana
• 4. E. Philip
• 4. F. Philip La Follette
• 4. G. Yates McDaniels, Chief, Associated Press, and Philip La Follette, 1943 September
• 4. H. [Unidentified.]
• 5. A. [Philip La Follette holding koalas.]
• 5. B. [Philip La Follette, on right.]
• 5. C. [Philip La Follette.]
• 5. D. [Philip La Follette.]
• 5. E-F. [Philip La Follette holding koalas.]
• 5. G. [Philip La Follette kneels to pet a kangaroo.]
• 6. A. [Philip La Follette.]
• 6. B. Lt. Fred A. German and Philip La Follette
• 7. A. Lt. Fred A. German and Philip La Follette
• 7. B. Maj. Gen. Whitehead [?], 5th Air Force
• 7. C. [Unidentified.]
• 7. D. [Philip La Follette looking down a canon.]
• 8. A. [Philip La Follette.]
• 8. B. Lloyd Lebrbas [?] and a giant militia kangaroo
• 8. C. Lt. Harry E. Hoch, Chicago
• 8. D. Missing: unidentified
• 8. E. A bat caught in a barbed wire fence
• 8. F. Hanford McNider, Walter Krueger, and Emil Yeager
• 9. A. Missing: unidentified
• 9. B. Missing: unidentified
• 9. C. Missing: Lieut. General Robert L. Eichelberger (left, standing), commander of American troops in Papua, washing in a river "somewhere in New Guinea."
• 9. D. On their way to a rest camp, New Guinea natives are shown boarding a transport plane bound for an Allied base. These natives carried supplies over the Kokoda trail during the early fighting in New Guinea
• 9. E. Natives attached to an engineering unit are pictured constructing a culvert on a new all-weather road somewhere in New Guinea
• 9. F. Missing: American troops unloading supplies from small boat on a jungle river during the attach on Buna. Signal Corps. photo
• 10. A. A prisoner of war held at gun point by U.S. soldiers
• 10. B. Missing: unidentified
• 10. C. A prisoner of war lifted from a fox hole
• 10. E. A prisoner of war lifted from a fox hole
• 10. F. U.S. medic holding an IV
• 11. A. [Children carrying bundles down the road.]
• 11. B. New Guinea men labor to build a bridge
• 11. C. The road to Buna: Two American doughboys ploughing along through a battle scarred road in New Guinea through the skeleton of what--before the battle--had been a luxurious plantation of palms
• 11. D. Pictured here is a bridge being constructed across one of the many swift-flowing rivers in New Guinea
• 11. E. Two dead Japanese in a water-filled shell hole near Buna Government Station, New Guinea, after American and Australian troops had swept by to capture Buna. Note the reflection in the water of the American soldier on patrol duty in the upper right hand corner
• 11. F. For AM papers: A jeep crossing a bridge constructed by American Engineers "somewhere in New Guinea" alongside the old foot-path bridge over which troops advanced in their drive which annihilated the Japanese forces in Papua
• 12. A. unidentified
• 12. B. American soldiers at camp within the rubble
• 12. C. A convoy of jeeps shown while making one of its daily trips with mail and supplies to American troops stationed in New Guinea
• 12. D. American soldiers in camp on Kumusi Island
• 12. E. unidentified
• 14. A. An aerial view of the Kumusi River area on the north coast of New Guinea where Allied strafing planes are attacking the last remnants of straggling Japanese forces
• 14. B. An air view of the jungle-fringed coast of New Guinea where the Japanese are making their last stand in Papua. Gona Mission is at the left. Waytutu Point to the left of the propeller, and the Mangrove Islands directly under the propeller. Cape Killerton, to right of propeller. The whitepoint to the right of Killerton is Sanananda, captured Tuesday. Buna Village at extreme right
• 15. A. An aerial view of Buna Village, Buna Government Station and Cape Endaiadere, showing some of the territory from which Japanese have been driven by American and Australian troops in recent severe fighting in Papua.
• 15. B. [Japanese] jeep. Los Negros
• 16. A. Aerial view of Saidor
• 16. B. Aerial view of Saidor
• 16. C. Lt. Fred German
• 17. A-H. Battle of [Bismarck] Sea, 1944 April 13
• 18. A. Edmund Hughes, Charles Arnold, Harold Halton. PRO
• 18. B. [Philip La Follette on left.]
• 18. C. [Philip La Follette] and Lt. Hansen, Madison
• 19. A. Dinner party: C.H. Jones, MC; G.A. Stevens, SC; Phillip North, Inf.; Dean Schedler, AP; Monte Kleban, Inf.; Edward Widdis, AP; Frank Kluckhohn, New York Times; John Mott, Inf.; Philip La Follette; Martin Barnett, Paramount; Don Caswell, UP; Housekeeper (three behind Caswell unknown); Frank Robertson; C.W. Downs, SC; Earl Crotchett, Paramount; Dixon Brown, London News-Chronicle; unknown; Vern Haugland, AP; Joseph Sheehan, TRI. Artist; T.A. Schwartz, MC; Lewis Sebring, New York Herald-Tribune, and Lloyd A. Lehrbas, AC
• 19. B. Liberators leave Lae, Japanese-held base in New Guinea, after a bombing attack. (Note beached Japanese merchant vessel, lower right.)
• 19. C. Aerial view of Lae, 1944 April 13
• 20. A. Aerial view of Kiri Wik
• 20. B. Aerial view of Wood Lark
• 21. A. PA War 48 (1391) Francisco Riv. 1943 May 20
• 21. B. (War 49) Convoy near Lae, 1943 March 3
• 21. C. Lae Drome-150 degrees 1943 June 26
• 22. A. Direct hits have set this camouflaged Japanese transport a-fire near New Britain. The vessel had been covered with palm trees and other tropical foliage
• 22. B. A long range view of the sinking transport after the attack by Flying Fortresses. The two white rings are near misses
• 23. A. Langgoer air strip
• 23. B. Bombs bursting in the midst of two Japanese destroyers and a submarine and submarine tender Yamabico Maru in the devastating Allied air attack on Rabaul. A destroyer running clear leaves a spinelike wake. The Japanese were so surprised other vessels are still stationary. A number of small vessels (lower left) are taking evasive action, leaving speckled wakes. 53 Japanese ships were destroyed or damaged
• 24. A. American and Australian bomber crews crowd around their jungle operations hut on an island somewhere in the Southwest Pacific to exchange tales after their devastating attack on the [Japanese] strong base at Rabaul
• 24. B. Fifth Air Forces Liberators and Mitchells escorted by Lightnings blasted Rabaul with thousand-pounders. An aerial view of the town and harbor
• 25. A. Before and After: A Japanese corvette attacked by Fifth Air Force B-25s off the quiet New Britain coast near Rabaul on October 18... Two misses are registered just ahead of the enemy ship... and then a 1,000-pound bomb scores and the [Japanese] disappears in a terrific explosion and the magnificent clouds sweep on and the lonely waters grow calm
• 25. B. Before and After: A Japanese corvette attacked by Fifth Air Force B-25s off the quiet New Britain coast near Rabaul on October 18... Two misses are registered just ahead of the enemy ship... and then a 1,000-pound bomb scores and the [Japanese] disappears in a terrific explosion and the magnificent clouds sweep on and the lonely waters grow calm
• 26. A. Smoke rolling from burning Japanese planes on Vunakanau airdrome at Rabaul (Oct. 12) as Allied bombers made the heaviest attack of the Pacific war on that Japanese base. 177 enemy planes were destroyed or damaged in the attack. Note three parachute bombs about to explode by Japanese planes in revetment
• 26. B. Dagua, 22 Oct
• 26. C. Mid pix-four destroyers escorting large vessel-white spots are ack-ack, Rabaul
• 27. A-C. Mushu Island, 1943 October 22
• 27. D. [Philip La Follette grabbing the tail of a kangaroo.]
• 27. E. [Philip La Follette petting a kangaroo.]
• 27. F. [A young girl with a koala and a dog.]
• 27. G. [Philip La Follette, on the left, with two unidentified men.]
• 27. H. [Philip La Follette, center, with two unidentified men.]
• 27. I. [General Douglas MacArthur and Philip La Follette.]
• 27. J-K [Philip La Follette.]
• 28. A. Walter Krueger and L.J. Sverdrup in New Guinea
• 29. A. Larry Lehrbas
• 29. B. Larry Lehrbas holding two koalas
• 29. C. Larry Lehrbas and guests
• 29. D. Dining scene, with: R.D. Tarbuck, USN; C.H. Morehouse, G.W. Rice; J.T. Murtha Jr.; A.G. Silverman; Henry C. Godman; R.E. Fanning, AIF; David Larr; Pearl Thomas; H.W. Allen; B.H. Pockyla; Philip La Follette; H.E. Eastman; L.A. Diller; Herbert Wheeler, 1943 September 20
• 29. E. Larry Lehrbas
• 29. F. Larry Lehrbas?
• 29. G. Larry Lehbras?
• 29. H. NEW GUINEA: Finschhagon area. On the Satelborg roadside a church service is conducted by Roman Catholic Padre Byrnes. The service was held within 150 yards of Japanese positions. As the service proceeded Australians were shelling Japanese positions with mortars
• 30. A. Near misses are scored by a Liberator on Japanese cargo vessel off the North Coast of New Guinea in a recent attack
• 30. B. Aerial photograph of medium size transport bombed in the harbor at Finschhafen on the north coast of New Guinea on December 21, 1942 by American heavy bombers
• 31. A. Remarkable photograph of skip-bombing evolved under the direction of Lieut. General George C. Kenney, Allied Air Force Commander in the Southwest Pacific Area, as Liberator Bomber comes down to low level to let go with two five-hundered pound bombs at Japanese cargo vessel off North Coast of New Guinea. (Note one bomb travelling through water leaving its wake, and the other bomb in mid-air moving straight for the side of the ship.)
• 31. B. Parachute bombs invented by Lieut. General George C. Kenney, commander of the Allied Air Force in the Southwest Pacific Area, are dropped on Japanese entrenchments near mouth of Francisco River on East coast of New Guinea in the Salamaua Area
• 32. A. Aerial view of New Guinea coast line
• 32. B. Aerial view of New Guinea
• 33. A. Wreckage on the [Japanese] airfield at Boram in the Wewak (New Guinea) area left in the wake of devastating attacks by Fifth Air Force B-25s (Mitchells). Wrecked planes can be seen in the dispersal area as far as the eye can see, three wrecked planes lie on the runway, while fires and explosions (upper left) destroy more planes
• 33. B. Wrecked planes and blasted palm trees on the [Japanese] airfield at Boram on the north coast of New Guinea after a series of devastating attacks by Mitchell bombers of the Fifth Air Force. This low-level aerial photograph show wrecked planes (left), bombs falling near planes and trucks. The surprise attack caught at least one fuel truck alongside an enemy fighter plane (center)
• 34. A. Aerial view of attack on Wewak and Boram
• 34. B. Fall of 1943, Philip La Follette pinning an officer
• 35. A. Doc Newall and his flute
• 35. B. Gary Sheahan and Doc. T.E. Newell
• 35. C. Sudest
• 35. D. Axel Olson, Australian Press
• 35. E. The "Ole Man" [Philip La Follette], 1943 December 23, "somewhere in New Guinea"
• 35. F. Bill Wilson, United Press
• 35. G. Arthur Veysey[?], Chicago Tribune
• 35. H. Frank Smith, Chicago Times
• 35. I. Gary Sheahan, Chicago Tribune
• 35. J. Earl Crotchett, Universal News Pictures
• 35. K. Frank Prist, Acme News Pictures
• 35. L. Lt. Com. "Doc" T.E. Newell, Dayton, Ohio
• 35. M. [Note from Phil to Isen in reference to photographs at 100.35.] APO 500/San Francisco, Calif.,/5 January 1943(4?). Dearest Isen, Enclosed some snap shots--most of them of correspondents----keep them for me for remembrance of an interesting trip, and some of the company that went along. Phil
• 35. N. Bob Doyle, Milwaukee Journal
• 35. O. "Our planes in the air."
• 35. P. "Our planes in the air."
• 35. Q. Howard Norton, Baltimore Sun
• 35. R. Frank Kluckholm, New York Times
• 35. S. Peter Hemery (Australian) U.P
• 35. T. Merlin Spencer, A.P
• 35. U. "Our planes in the air."
• 35. V. "Our planes in the air."
• 35. W. Peter Hemery (Australian) U.P
• 37. B. From left to right: Lt. Col. Charles Monhouse, Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Gen. Walter Kruegar, Gen. Marquart
• 37. C. Gen. MacArthur
• 37. D. Gen. Douglas MacArthur and Maj. Gen. Fuller
• 37. E. Gen. MacArthur and Maj. Gen. Fuller
• 37. F. Gen. MacArthur
• 37. G. A marriage by proxy, the first of its kind in New Guinea, was performed recently by Chaplain (Lt. Col.) E. Ray Atterbarry of Seattle, Washington, a division chaplain. The Chaplain is pictured above performing the marriage ceremony of Staff Sgt. John E. Grundhoffer (center) of Bremerton, Washington, to Miss Grace Jenna, of Aberdeen, Washington. 1st Lieut. John Stenger (left) of Lusk, Wyoming, and Sgt. David W. Buher (right) of Bremerton, Washington, witness the ceremony. Natives and members of Sgt. Grundhoffer's unit watch the ceremony
• 38. B. When Capt. M. Jane Clements, Chief of United Stated Army Nurses in the Southwest Pacific Area, inspects Army Hospitals in New Guinea, she travels by jeep, points out improvements to hospital commander--in this case, Lieut. Colonel Charles T. Wilkinson of Wake Forest, North Carolina
• 38. C. A portable "chow wagon" supplies meals to patients at an American station hospital "somewhere in New Guinea." The "chow wagon", pulled by a small tractor, transports the meals to hospital tents, to be carried to the patients on individual trays by wardmen
• 38. D. Capt. V. L. Tichy, of Cleveland, Ohio, Chief Surgeon of a portable hospital in New Guinea, checks over his instruments in the surgery room of the hospital
• 38. E. E.L. Nodererof, Chicago Tribune, "Somewhere in New Guinea."
• 39. A. Philip La Follette "off to Gloucester."
• 39. B. Soldiers coming ashore at Gloucester
• 40. B. Soldiers coming ashore at Gloucester
• 41. A. Aerial view of Cape Gloucester, approached from the west
• 41. B. Gloucester.
• 42. A. Bob Doyle, Milwaukee Journal, and Philip La Follette, 1944 December 17. "Somewhere in New Guinea." (Note the double chin is at least in part, artificially produced by too-tight chin strap.)
• 42. B. Philip La Follette
• 42. C. At Gloucester
• 43. A. Left to right. Front row: Bardsdell, Lloyd Clark, Lloyd Lehrbas, Fred Howard, L.A. Diller, Harold Eather, Edmund C. Hughs. Rear row: Phillip R. North, Charles Arnold, Harold B. Halter, Thomas Foley. "Somewhere in New Guinea."
• 43. B. Japanese cartoons picked by Philip La Follette at Gloucester, 1943 December 26
• 43. C. Cape Gloucester, comic, Jan. 13, 1944
• 43. D. Japanese cartoon picked by Philip La Follette at Gloucester, 1943 December 26
• 43. E. Philip La Follette, the "Old Man," 1943 December 2? at Gloucester?
• 44. B. Gen. Douglas MacArthur
• 46. A. Mrs. MacArthur launching of H.M.H.S. Bataan
• 46. B. Gen. MacArthur on New Guinea
• 47. A. Brig. Gen. Charles Willoughby, G-2; Maj. Gen. Stephan Chamberlain, G-3
• 47. B. Gen. MacArthur
• 48. A. Hanford Mac Nider
• 48. B. Rear Admiral D.E. Barbey, USN, Commander Seventh Amphibious Force, shown in operational planning with his commander Vice Admiral T.C. Kinkaid, USN, right, Commander Allied Naval Forces in the South West Pacific. The conference took place aboard Admiral Barbey's Flagship in 5 January, 1944
• 49. A. GENERAL MACARTHUR INSPECTS NEW GUINEA BASES. NEW GUINEA - Riding in the front seat of a jeep, General Douglas MacArthur inspects United Nations positions in New Guinea. In the rear (under hat) is General Sir Thomas Blamfy, the Commander of the Australian land forces, who accompanied the American military leader. Aussies and American fighter pilots are getting the best of New Guinea-based [Japanese] (sic), routing them on land and sea
• 50. A. A United States Marine lies dead on the beach of Parry Island, Eniwetok Atoll, 22 February 1944, while the tide washes around his feet. His hand still grasps his gun. Another Marine's gun, foreground, . . .out grave. Landing craft in the right background
• 50. B. DEATH AT ENIWETOK--The death of a heroic Marine on Eniwetok Atoll is recorded here by a Coast Guard combat cameraman who caught one of the great dramatic photographs of the war. Still clutching the knife with which he had only moments before killed the [Japanese] soldier in the foreground, the Marine himself lies slain from fire by an enemy sniper
• 51. A. Water-filled bomb craters on and near Gasmata runway evidence pounding this Japanese-held aerodrome in New Britain has taken from recent Allied bombings
• 51. B. Japan's base at Ponape, which has been subjected to frequent attacks by Navy planes and planes of the Seventh Army Air Force. This picture was made 20 February 1944
• 52. A. NEW STARS IN THE SKY: Planted atop the ruins of Japanese officers' quarters, U.S. Flag waves over Roi Island in Kwajalein Atoll immediately after the battle. Standing guard is CB J.J. Dockins
• 52. B. Dead [Japanese] on Namur
• 53. A. BOWS-ON VIEW of two of the Navy's speedy sir-sea rescue boats which are specialists in saving pilots who are forced down at sea. When necessary, these fast craft can make a run many miles out from their bases and back again
• 53. B. MARINES PREPARE GRAVES FOR FALLEN BUDDIES ON ROI ISLAND...Some of the Marines who died in the brief but bitter struggle for Roi and Namur, twin islands in Northern Kwajalein Atoll are prepared for burial on Roi by their buddies
• 54. A. Two Americans creep up on a [Japanese] sniper's nest on Parry Island, Eniwetok Atoll, 22 February 1944. A dead Japanese lies just in front of them
• 54. B. A Coast Guardsman and three Marines transport a wounded buddy to landing boat where he will be taken to a transport for hospitalization, during American invasion of Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands. Note victorious American Naval task force lying off shore.
• 55. B. Dead Japanese on Eniwetok Island were blasted out of their foxholes by soldiers and Marines
• 56. B. ALLIED TROOPS LAND IN ADMIRALTY ISLANDS: Landing from destroyers yesterday, Tuesday February 29, elements of the U.S. 1st Cavalry Division captured Momote airfield on Los Negros Island in the Admiralty Islands. Enemy resistance is being rapidly overcome. This picture shows General Douglas MacArthur with Vice Admiral T.C. Kinkaid watching the bombardment of enemy positions prior to the landing. The General later landed on the island
• 56. C. General Douglas MacArthur with Major General W.H. Gill, Commander of the 32nd Division, US Army, in the field with that division of American troops from the mid-western states, including Wisconsin and Michigan
• 56. D. General MacArthur with General Gill with the 32nd Division, US Army. See PH 100.56C
• 57. A. Hollandia Strike, 3 April 1944, aerial view
• 57. B. Hollandia Strike, 3 April 1944, aerial view
• 58. A. Hollandia
• 59. A. Hollandia Strike, 1944. Parachute bombs over destroyed Japanese planes
• 59. B. A spectacular Fifth Air Force aerial photo showing some of scores of enemy planes on the Hollandia airfield and the destruction of a large number by strings of bombs across the revetments and airstrips
• 60. A. Hollandia, soldiers on the beach
• 60. B. Hollandia
• 61. A. Lt. Gen. Walter Kreuger, commanding general of the Sixth Army, Southwest Pacific Area, climbs aboard an amphibious duck to return to a naval vessel offshore after inspecting installations at Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea
• 61. B. Hollandia, 1944, combat troops
• 62. A. Aerial view with bombs dropping
• 62. B. Aerial view of falling parachute bombs
• 63. A. Japanese bomber
• 63. B. Airplane debris
• 64. A. Rescue of American airmen stranded in New Britain for ten months. Their bomber crash landed after a raid on Raboul. By chance American airmen saw them, and rescued them. March 1943
• 64. B. Transfer for emergency appendectomy: Destroyer escort comes alongside a seaplane tender in the South Pacific to receive a patient (swinging from crane) for further transfer to a base hospital for an appendectomy
• 65. A. Night view of Japan's base on Paramushiro Island taken by a search plane of Fleet Air Wing Four the night of 20 February 1944 shows the snow-covered air strip and revetments. Warehouses and the camp area are huddled close to the docks. Note shadow from hill which arises in center of photograph
• 65. B. Madang, aerial view
• 65. C. Unidentified soldier
• 65. D. Unidentified soldiers
• 66. A. Launching officer aboard a Pacific Fleet aircraft carrier in the Central Pacific gives the "go" signal to the plane pilot. 1944 April 16
• 66. B. Ships and clouds silhouetted by the setting sun in the Central Pacific as seen from the deck of a Pacific Fleet carrier
• 67. A. JAPANESE BOMBER DOWN IN FLAMES after a successful attack by a four-engined Coronado Navy search plane of Fleet Air Wing Two in the Central Pacific. The Coronado was one of the flying boats which recently attacked Wake Island
• 67. B. Shot down at sea off Palau by Japanese anti-aircraft fire after he had severely damaged an enemy destroyer, carrier pilot Lieut. Ira Hardman of Weston, W. Va., and his gunner of a Navy dive-bomber, have time to break out a life raft before their Dauntless dive-bomber sinks. Both men, shown here on the cripple plane's wing, later were rescued.
• 68. A. Japanese destroyer, later sunk, turns sharply to avoid bomb from Navy carrier-base plane off Palau Islands 29-30 March 1944.
• 69. A. Four TBF's (all above the horizon) and eleven SBDs, which participated in Pacific Fleet's carrier-strike against Japan's bases in the Palau Islands, off for the attack
• 69. B. Still smoking, this 4800-ton Japanese freighter was sunk off Palau Islands 29-30 March by Pacific Fleet carrier planes. Hit was obviously scored in stern of vessel as well as bow while ship rode at anchor. Explosion scattered drums of oil which resemble heads bobbing in water
• 70. A. Smoke billows from Japan's Palau Islands base during strike by Pacific Fleet's carrier planes 29-30 March 1944. Note huge flash at base of billowing smoke, right center
• 70. B. Japanese planes burn on the ground during Pacific Fleet's carrier plane strike against Palau Islands 29-30 March 1944. Note two-motored Japanese bomber in camouflage at left
• 71. A. Japanese base in Palau Islands burns fiercely during Pacific Fleet's carrier plane strike 29-30 March 1944. Ship in harbor seek refuge from Navy Hellcats
• 71. B. Japanese ship ablaze in Palau Harbor during Pacific Fleet's carrier strike March 29-30, 1944. Second ship is ablaze behind island, left center
• 72. A. JAPANESE BOMBER DOWN IN FLAMES after a successful attack by a four-engined Coronado Navy search plane of Fleet Air Wing Two in the Central Pacific. The Coronado was one of the flying boats which recently attacked Wake Island
• 72. B. JAPANESE BOMBER DOWN IN FLAMES after a successful attack by a four-engined Coronado Navy search plane of Fleet Air Wing Two in the Central Pacific. The Coronado was one of the flying boats which recently attacked Wake Island
• 73. A. Control of the air over Japan's base in the Truk group was achieved by the Pacific Fleet's carrier-based aircraft in the strike 29-30 April 1944, when 60 Japanese planes were destroyed on the ground and 60 in the air. Navy Dauntless dive bombers and Avenger torpedo bombers cruise over the Truk group searching for targets. Large island in center is Fefan. Airfield at left is on Param. Fire is burning on an island in the distance
• 74. A. Large fires were started on Japanese-held Satawan Island west of Truk in the Carolines by a heavy cruiser force of the U.S. Pacific Fleet which bombarded enemy positions 30 April 1944. This picture was made by a heavy cruiser
• 74. B. Main battery of a heavy cruiser of the U.S. Pacific Fleet has just let go a barrage against Japanese-held Satawan Island in the Carolines, west of Truk. All hands are at battle stations and look-outs are on the alert for enemy aircraft. The bombardment occured 30 April 1944
• 75. A. Dauntless divebomber from Pacific Fleet carrier soars over the heart of Truk 29 April 1944 (West Longitude Date). Island in foreground is Moen, island at right is Fefan, island under plane bomb is Eten. Note small fire on island in distance
• 75. B. Pacific Fleet task force in route to launch carrier-plane attack against Japan's bases in Truk group. Destroyer following carrier is putting on steam to come along side to pick up carrier's mail. Stars and Stripes flying symbolizes Pacific Fleet's supremacy in waters once controlled by Japan
• 76. A. Japanese torpedo bomber, knocked out of action by anti-aircraft fire from a Pacific Fleet carrier during a raid on Truk, plunges into the sea
• 76. B. The old air strip at the Japanese base at Ponape midway between Truk and the Marshalls is bombed by Navy land-based bombers of Fleet Air Wing Two
• 77. A. Japanese naval base on Dublon Island, Truk Atoll, sends a column of smoke into the air from Pacific Fleet's carrier plane strike 29-30 April 1944 (West Longitude Date)
• 77. B. Bombs burst on Japan's naval base on Dublon Island in the Truk Atoll during Pacific Fleet's carrier plane strike 30 April 1944 (West Longitude Date). Note huge bomb burst at left.
• 78. A. Japan's seaplane base on Dublon Island, Truk Atoll, was a shambles with many planes destroyed on the ground during strike by Pacific Fleet carrier-based planes 29-30 April 1944 (West Longitude Date). In the first day's attack by the carrier force 60 Japanese planes were destroyed on the ground and an equal number in the air
• 78. B. Wreckage of Japanese oil tanks and Dublon Town in the heart of Truk Atoll following attack 30 April 1944 (West Longitude Date) by carrier aircraft of the Pacific Fleet. Photograph shows buildings leveled and aircraft of the Pacific Fleet. Photograph shows buildings leveled and tanks exploded following the strike earlier that same day
• 79. A. A Japanese bomber is surprised and shot down by a Coronado flying boat of Fleet Air Wing Two. The first picture was taken as the PB2Y came out of a cloud bank on the enemy plane's tail. In the second photograph, the bomber is aflame. The third picture shows the Japanese bomber flaming in the sea, as the Coronado prepares to bank away. Coronados have been steadily taking the measure of Japanese bombers in the Central Pacific
• 79. B. A Japanese bomber is surprised and shot down by a Coronado flying boat of Fleet Air Wing Two. The first picture was taken as the PB2Y came out of a cloud bank on the enemy plane's tail. In the second photograph, the bomber is aflame. The third picture shows the Japanese bomber flaming in the sea, as the Coronado prepares to bank away. Coronados have been steadily taking the measure of Japanese bombers in the Central Pacific
• 80. A. Japanese torpedo bomber, knocked out of action by anti-aircraft fire from a Pacific Fleet carrier during a raid on Truk, plunges into the sea
• 80. B. Closeup of Japanese torpedo bomber in flames. This enemy aircraft attempted a torpedo run against a Pacific Fleet light carrier and was shot down by anti-aircraft fire. The heavy smoke hovering over the burning plane makes the picture appear as a might photograph, although it was taken in daylight
• 81. A. Units of the Pacific Fleet throw up a barrage of anti-aircraft fire in an effort to stem the run of a Japanese torpedo bomber against the light carrier from which this picture was made. One of the carrier's fighter planes stands by to take off should the Japanese plane approach too closely
• 81. B. Japanese torpedo bomber which attempted a torpedo run on a Pacific Fleet aircraft carrier goes up in flames, the victim of the carrier's anti-aircraft fire. Members of the carrier crew congratulate each other
• 82. A. Japanese torpedo bomber which attempted a torpedo run on a Pacific Fleet aircraft carrier goes up in flames, the victim of the carrier's anti-aircraft fire. Members of the carrier crew congratulate each other
• 82. B. Physical drill for the Pacific Fleet's fighting men is held aboard all ships in the fighting areas. Here crew of an aircraft carrier exercise, surrounded by the planes which they service and fly
• 83. A. A Fijian tribal battalion recently celebrated the presence of the Allied garrison in traditional native custom. The first picture shows a tribesman pouring the ritual drink "the Yagona" into an officer's cup while other officers and members of the garrison look on; the second picture shows a "color guard" of native war dancers, assigned to protect the celebration from "evil spirits" performs the ritual
• 83. B. A Fijian tribal battalion recently celebrated the presence of the Allied garrison in traditional native custom. The first picture shows a tribesman pouring the ritual drink "the Yagona" into an officer's cup while other officers and members of the garrison look on; the second picture shows a "color guard" of native war dancers, assigned to protect the celebration from "evil spirits" performs the ritual
• 84. A. A Japanese flying boat, largest combat plane operating in the Pacific, riddled by bullets from a Navy PB4Y patrol bomber after a 19-minute hide-and -seek chase in the clouds near Truk, begins to burn. In the second picture , flames stream from a punctured gas tank as the enemy plane begins to fall. One fin and rudder have been chewed away by shots from the PB4Y. Shown in the third photograph are the smoke and flames of the downed Japanese flying boat which exploded just before hitting the water. The PB4Y's only damage was a hole from a 7.7 mm shell
• 84. B. A Japanese Destroyer under U.S. air attack. (See PH 100.85B)
• 85. A. Aerial view
• 85. B. Japanese Destroyer under U.S. air attack.
• 86. A. Larry Lehrbas and Fred German
• 86. B. Color Guard of American Samoans passing Naval Station barracks during memorial services held for Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox on Samoa on 1 May 1944
• 87. A. Admiral C.W. Nimitz, USN, Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas, hurls a horseshoe while his opponent, Earl R. Lavender, BM 1/c, USN, of Los Angeles, Calif., awaits his turn in a doubles match at a recent picnic for Flag personnel. In the second photograph, Admiral Nimitz and Lavender measure a close one. The admiral and his partner, Elmer F. Helfmann, Gy Sgt. USMC, of St. Paul, Minn., won the match
• 87. B. Admiral C.W. Nimitz, USN, Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas, hurls a horseshoe while his opponent, Earl R. Lavender,BM 1/c, USN, of Los Angeles, Calif., awaits his turn in a double match at a recent picnic for Flag personnel. In the second photograph, Admiral Nimitz and Lavender measure a close one. The admiral and his partner, Elmer F. Helfmann, Gy Sgt. USMC, of St. Paul, Minn., won the match
• 88. A. High Chiefs of American Samoa welcome their new Governor, Capt. Allen Hobbs, USN, and his staff. In the first picture, a ceremonial drink made from kava root is poured into a coconut cup to be offered to Governor Hobbs, third from the right. In the second, a native girl dances for the guests. The third shows chiefs and officers partaking of a feast
• 89. A. An enemy aerial bomb bursts off the wing of an American bomber over Timor during a recent attack. (Note our plane's wing tip in lower right center.)
• 89. B. Another view of an aerial bomb burst over the wing of an American bomber during a recent attack over Timor
• 90. A. Hollandia
• 90. B. "Somewhere in New Guinea." Gen. Douglas MacArthur
• 90. C. Gen. Douglas MacArthur
• 91. A. Maj. Gen. Irving
• 91. B. Unidentified
• 92. A. Unidentified
• 92. B. Lt. Gen. R.L. Eichelberger Commanding General 8th Army
• 93. A. Maj. Gen. Irving, 24th Division
• 93. B. Unidentified
• 94. A. Aerial view of the Boram Strike, 12 March 1944
• 94. B. Brig. Gen. Frayne Baker
• 95. A. Ushi Point Airfield in northern Tinian Island, Marianas, photographed from about 20,000 feet by a Navy photo-reconnaissance plane of the Pacific Fleet. The odd symmetry of the field and the almost perfect circle of the taxiway in the lower right-hand corner are peculiar to the Japanese. The taxiway leading off to the left in the center of the picture joins the field with a new strip nearby. Numerous enemy planes can be seen parked in the dispersal area along either side of the runway
• 95. B. [JAPANESE] STOREROOM---Marines check supplies of food an ammunition in one of the many caves that dotted the hills of Saipan Island. Numerous caves, carved into the limestone or coral rock, were used as storerooms, while others became fortresses of resistance, holding out for days after the island was secured
• 96. A. RABAUL A YEAR AGO--An serial photograph of Rabaul as it looked a year ago--before Allied planes started pounding it steadily with ton after ton of high explosives. At the northeastern tip of New Britain, Rabaul was once a strategic Japanese air, naval and supply base. In this picture [Japanese] barracks, at left, are lined in neat rows and ships dot Simpson Harbor. Installations are intact and warehouses are filled with supplies. Tunnel Hill Road, at left, connected the [Japanese] base with Tilili Bay, across the neck of the narrow peninsula. Then the Allied air arm started hammering the town
• 96. B. RABAUL--IN 1944 A GHOST CITY---Rabaul, 1944, a vivid contrast to Rabaul of a year ago. Plastered by hundreds of tons of bombs and torn by strafing, the town has been obliterated and has become the ghost city of the Southwest Pacific. Block after block has been flattened. Two ships were blasted to the bottom at a jetty, indicated in the center of the picture, one piled on top of the other. Specks along the shoreline indicate sunken hulls of [Japanese] ships. Jetties and harbor facilities, together with warehouses, barracks and other installations, have been wiped out. Only a ring of antiaircraft guns fringing the city still remain. Apparently expecting invasion, the [Japanese] built a tank trap, indicated at center, but for all practical and military purposes, Tabaul has been lost by the [Japanese], bypassed and beaten to a ghost city
• 97. A. INFANTRYMEN LAND AT SANSAPOR--Well armed and carrying battle packs, U.S. troops slosh ashore from an LCI (Landing Craft, Infantry) at Sansapor, Dutch New Guinea. The landing, which met with little enemy opposition, bypassed and isolated the [Japanese] (sic) base at Manokwari, at the mouth of Geelvink Bay, cutting off 15,000 enemy troops
• 97. B. "BUFFALO" HUNT--Troops riding a "buffalo" from a reconnaissance unit at Middleburg Island, north of Sansapor, Dutch New Guinea, protect a flank and keep a lookout for enemy snipers during the invasion
• 98. A. A Fifth Air Force attack bomber meets with a direct ask-ack hit in a recent low-level raid on [Japanese] (sic) installations at Kokas, Dutch New Guinea. In the first picture, plane can be seen smoking amidships; in the second picture, it has crashed into the water, while the other A-20 flies home
• 98. B. A Fifth Air Force attack bomber meets with a direct ack-ack hit in a recent low-level raid on [Japanese] (sic) installations at Kokas, Dutch New Guinea. In the first picture, plane can be seen smoking amidships; in the second picture, it has crashed into the water, while the other A-20 flies home
• 99. A. Unidentified.
• 99. B. Unidentified
• 100. A. Unidentified
• 100. B. PUBLISHER VISITS FRONT--Col. Philip F. La Follette (left), of southwest Pacific theater general headquarters, greets Arthur Hays Sulzberger (right), publisher of the New York Times, as the latter arrives at a New Guinea air strip from Leyte, P.I. Turner Catledge, Times war correspondent, looks on. La Follette is a former governor of Wisconsin
• 101. A. HITTING NICHOLS FIELD, LUZON--Burning Japanese planes line the runways of Nichols Field in the photograph above as Hellcat fighters Avenger torpedo planes and Helldiver dive bombers of the Third Fleet complete a devastating two-day attack on Southern Luzon, Philippine Islands. During the attack (Nov. 4-5) 440 enemy planes were destroyed, with 113 shot down in the air and 327 destroyed on the ground as the Navy's carrier-based planes struck at Nichols Field and others in the Manila area. Manila Harbor is shown at the left
• 102. A. Vice Admiral Thomas Kinkaid, Commander Central Philippines Attack Force, tells War Correspondents accompanying him into the Philippines the good news of Admiral Halsey's pre-invasion attacks. Shown with Admiral Kinkaid aboard his flagship are: Lee Van Atta, International News Services; Admiral Kinkaid; Captain Valentine H. Schaeffer, Chief-of-Staff; Frank Kluckhohn, New York Times; Jack Turnett, New York Daily News; William Chickering, TIME Magazine; Ralph Teatsorth, United Press; and Spencer Davis, Associated Press
• 102. B. Gen. Douglas MacArthur
• 103. A. Gen. Douglas MacArthur
• 103. B. Maj. Gen. S.B. Akin Signal Office SWPA
• 103. C. Lt. Gen. Richard K. Sutherland Chief of Staff, SWPA
• 103. D. Gen. Walter Krueger Commanding General 6th Army
• 104. A. Soldier in the field
• 104. B. "American clothing has arrived in New Guinea," 1944 December
• 105. A. Philip La Follette, unloading at the beach
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• 107. A. Hollandia, New Guinea
• 107. B. Hollandia, New Guinea
• 108. A. Unidentified
• 109. A. Lloyd Lehrbas
• 109. B. Philip La Follette. Hollandia, New Guinea 1944
• 110. A. American soldiers and New Guinea natives on the beach
• 110. B-F. New Guinea, local scene
• 111. A. New Guinea, older woman
• 111. B. New Guinea, posing children
• 111. C. New Guinea, local scene
• 111. D. New Guinea, a family
• 111. E. New Guinea, a mother and child
• 111. F. New Guinea, three woman and a child
• 112. A. New Guinea, three woman and a baby
• 112. B. New Guinea, a mother and child
• 112. C. New Guinea, a young woman
• 112. D. New Guinea, a mother and child in a reed basket
• 112. E. New Guinea, local scene
• 112. F. New Guinea, women and children
• 113. A. New Guinea, children
• 113. B. New Guinea, local scene
• 113. C-D. New Guinea, U.S. soldier posing with local people
• 113. E. New Guinea, group gathered around a cameraman
• 113. F. New Guinea, U.S. soldiers and local people
• 114. A. Landing on Wadke, Dutch New Guinea
• 114. B. HEADS DOWN FOR A MOMENT: Keeping one's head down is sometimes the only way of retaining one's head. This photograph, taken during the U.S. invasion of Wadke Island, Dutch New Guinea, shows American infantrymen crouching behind a small rise in the beach while the nearby [Japanese] rake the area with intense machine gun fire
• 115. A. MACARTHUR'S MEN ADVANCE ON WAKDE: In the face of intense machine gun and sniper fire, these U.S. invaders of Wakde Island slowly advance toward the enemy positions. Taking advantage of every bit of cover the troops soon knocked out the [Japanese] installations that were barring their way
• 115. B. UP AND AT 'EM: This is exactly what these U.S. Infantrymen are doing to the Japanese on Wadke Island, Dutch New Guinea. After having established a beachhead, the forces were consolidated, reformed, and the advance toward the enemy positions begun
• 116. A. A coral reef is dynamited in the harbor at Tanahmerah Bay, Dutch New Guinea, to facilitate the landing of supply and personnel barges
• 116. B. A sleepy village on the shore of Tanahmerah Bay, Dutch New Guinea, became a bustling port for the steel boats of an amphibious force when the fire of invasion subsided
• 117. A. Part of the town of Garapan, main town on the island of Saipan, as photographed by a carrier-based plane of the Pacific Fleet. Wharf and warehouses shown here were operated by the South Seas Trading Co. Buildings near circular drive in upper right center are Japanese administration buildings. Initial operations were begun to the south of the town
• 117. B. This is how one of the big Japanese airfields at Hollandia looked the first day of the Pacific Fleet's carrier-plane attack on ground installations 20 April 1944 (West Longitude Date). Fifty Japanese planes, destroyed on the ground, can be seen in this photograph by a Navy photographer in a low-flying divebomber from a carrier
• 118. A. FIFTY JAPANESE PLANES DESTROYED--In a swift, devastating strike on Jefman airdrome, Sorong Island, the U. S. Fifth Air Force destroyed 50 [Japanese] planes on the ground and in the air. When U.S. bombers finished their work not a serviceable plane remained on the ground. Not the bomb being parachuted to the ground right on the tail of a [Japanese] bomber
• 118. B. Smoke streams from the cowling of this Kate, Japanese torpedo bomber shot down by a Navy PB4Y patrol bomber a short distance from Truk. The rear gunner of the enemy plane can be seen standing in the after part of the cockpit as though preparing to bail out. Lt. Comdr. William Janeshek, USN, pilot of the PB4Y, reported the man suddenly sat down and failed to get out of the plane, which exploded upon hitting the water
• 119. A. Anti-aircraft bursts fill the evening sky over Saipan as vessels in the United States Navy task force covering the landing on that island repulse a Japanese air attack. Between the signal lanyards of this Coast Guard-manned attack transport another transport and supporting craft are silhouetted
• 119. B. Garapan, largest town on Saipan, and surrounding countryside shortly before it came under attack by our forces, as photographed by a carrier-based plane of the Pacific Fleet. On the west coast of Saipan north of Charan-Kanow, now occupied by our forces, Garapan has an estimated civil population of about 10,000. Industries include a chemical plant and cannery. The large building to the left of Government Pier, at right, is the Japanese administration building. Our troops repulsed an attempted amphibious counter-attack a short distance to the right of the area shown here.
• 120. A. DEATH AND DESTRUCTION AT SORONG--Bombers from the Fifth U.S. Air Force blasted these [Japanese] planes out of commission in a recently highly successful strike on Jefman airdrome, Sorong Island, off the coast of Dutch New Guinea. The three wrecked [Japanese] planes in the foreground were only a small part of 50 destroyed by U.S. planes
• 120. B. United States Marine stretcher-bearers carrying wounded comrade along the beach at Saipan during the invasion of that island. Wounded are carried by landing craft to transport area for hospitalization
• 121. A. Navy Sea Bee takes a deluxe shower on Saipan a few days after the bitter battle for the beaches was won, while his buddies pump water and stand by for their turn. Built from tree trunks, this Japanese improvised shower provided a rare treat for grime-laden, troops
• 121. B. BEACH MACHINE GUN EMPLACEMENT--A Marine examines a [Japanese] machine gun emplacement on the waters edge of the beach at Saipan. These emplacements were connected by a series of shallow trenches
• 122. A. Pitted airfield on Pagan, northernmost of the Marianas, and flaming Japanese ships in the harbor following attacks by carrier-based aircraft of the Pacific Fleet on the morning of 24 June 1944
• 122. B. His head bent in prayer, a United States Marine, kneels above the body of his buddy, killed during the invasion of the island of Saipan
• 123. A. IN A SHRINE GARDEN--Two Marines (background), walk through the garden of a Japanese shrine on Saipan, in search of snipers. Two [Japanese] machine gunners lie beside their silenced machine gun (foreground). The shrine was in the rear of the alcohol plant, one of the first targets blasted by naval batteries
• 123. B. Main office of sugar refinery captured by American troops during their assault on Saipan. Note wrecked office equipment and picture of Japanese hanging at a cocked angle from wall
• 124. A. [JAPANESE] HOLE UP--Marines cover the entrance to a cave in the side of a Saipan hill, where their quarry holed up. The Leathernecks flushed their quarry--[Japanese] snipers--during mopping up operations in the area
• 124. B. Doctors in the front lines, during the invasion of Saipan, working on the wounded leg of a United States Marine
• 125. A. Gunners aboard a ship of the Pacific Fleet survey smoldering shore installations on Saipan during shelling prior to original landings on D-Day
• 125. B. A heavy cruiser of the Pacific Fleet pours a broadside into shore installations on Saipan as swarms of small craft crammed with assault forces sweep shoreward, as seen from another heavy cruiser whose primed and pointed guns, seen in lower right foreground, are momentarily silent
• 126. MASTER CAPTION--The touch-and-go of life and death on Saipan Island is graphically illustrated in this three-picture series by a Marine Corps Combat Photographer, Sergeant R.B. Opper. Affected by shell fire which pounded his cave, a [Japanese] soldier staggered out of his shelter, dazed for the moment. A nearby Marine with rifle ready withheld his fire hoping to capture the [Japanese]. The Marine did not see a stick of explosive clutched in the right hand of the [Japanese]. The advancing [Japanese] suddenly spotted the Marine and instinctively attempted to throw the explosive. The Marine, however, shot his adversary, who crumbled backward to the ground. The explosive fell harmlessly by the body. The Leatherneck sharpshooter then carried on the dangerous work of cleaning [Japanese] out of the remainder of the caves in the vicinity
• 126. A. SURRENDERING? [See Master Caption 126]--Dazed momentarily by shell fire, this [Japanese] leaves his cave at an unsteady gait. The Marine thinks the [Japanese] will surrender and withholds his fire-- but keeps his rifle at the ready. The Marine does not see a stick of explosive clutched in the [Japanese]'s right hand
• 126. B. LIFE OR DEATH [See Master Caption 126]--Suddenly spotting the Marine after advancing a few paces, the [Japanese] instinctively tried to toss the stick of explosive at his enemy. The Leatherneck, with a bead on the [Japanese], fired. This photo catches the [Japanese] as his knees buckle and he falls backward in a sitting position, finally stretching out full length, in death
• 127. A. CARRY ON [See Master Caption 126.]--The Marine marksman and his comrades continue cleaning out the caves, where [Japanese] held out for days. The Leatherneck with the flame-thrower turns his face away from the intense heat, as he sends a jet of flame into another cave. His partners stand by to protect him, and pick off any [Japanese] who may escape the flame
• 127. B. THIS HAND GRENADE DID NO DAMAGE--Clutching a grenade in his right hand this [Japanese] soldier met death from American gunfire before he had an opportunity to throw it. He is one of the many hundreds of [Japanese] killed when General MacArthur's forces landed on Bihk(?) Island, off the coast of Dutch New Guinea
• 128. A. SEARCHING FOR SNIPERS--Scouts cautiously approach a [Japanese] aid station at Sansapor Village, Dutch New Guinea, as the invading force fans out. A wall clock hangs in front of the station
• 128. B. US TROOPS ENTER SANSAPOR--Advance patrols cautiously enter Sansapor Village, Dutch New Guinea, which was taken from the [Japanese] with little opposition. The Philippines are only slightly more than 600 miles from the newly-won base
• 129. A. Weldon "Dusty" Rhodes and Philip La Follette, December 1944
• 129. B. Weldon "Dusty" Rhodes, Hollandia 1944
• 129. C. Weldon "Dusty" Rhodes, Philip La Follette and Gen. Matthew Gunner, December 1944
• 129. D. New Guinea, 1944. A child standing on a road
• 129. E. Philip La Follette driving a jeep
• 129. F. Unidentified man
• 129. G. Unidentified man
• 129. H. Philip La Follette sitting on the gunnel of a boat
• 129. I. Unidentified men
• 129. J. Philip La Follette at the beach
• 129. K. Philip La Follette LT COL INF
• 129. L. Unidentified
• 130. A. TAKE COVER--Leathernecks of the First Provisional Marine Brigade duck for cover, along the road on Guam Island, as Japanese snipers open up on them. These Marines were halted only momentarily in their drive to retake the former American possession
• 130. B. MARINE MOVES In..[JAPANESE] OUT--A Marine advances on a concealed Japanese sniper, who was picking off Leathernecks pushing inland on Guam. The hilly terrain gave the snipers many effective spots for concealment
• 131. A. THE BATTLE CONTINUES--Two members of the First Provisional Marine Brigade halt for a few minutes to study their operations map, before moving inland on Guam Island. The disinterested men at their feet are Japanese soldiers, who will never fight again
• 131. B. JAPANESE DEAD ON GUAM--Japanese troops, killed by Marine artillery fire, lie in a depression, on Guam, awaiting Leatherneck burial parties. These dead were among the first enemy to fall in an effort to hold the former American base
• 132. A. A U.S. Navy cameraman photographed this third in a series of four pictures of the bombardment of Guam, showing one of a Pacific fleet's warships, supporting ground operations, knocked out shore batteries and defense positions which would have made Marine invasion landings more difficult
• 132. B. BEACH FIRST AND STATION--A Red Cross sign marks a first aid station on the Guam beach for Marines who fell while establishing a beachhead. Following treatment here, they were removed to the sick bays of ships off shore
• 133. A. [JAPANESE] ESCORT VESSEL DIES OFF AMOY--[Japanese] heads bob about in the sea off the China coast near Amoy, above Hong Kong, and [Japanese] cling desperately to the side of their sinking escort vessel as a Fifth Air Force B-24 bomber photographer snaps this great picture of Japan dying on the seas. Interception by Fifth Air Force bomber men of the convoy was only one of a series of incidents occurring each day on the [Japanese] sea lanes between their ill-gained tropical islands and the [Japanese] mainland
• 133. B. Hong Kong's massive Kowloon dockyard and adjoining port installations, above, largest on the South China sea coast, suffer heavy destruction in the first mass daylight raid by our planes when Fifth Air Force B-24 Liberator Bombers dumped 140 tons of thousand pounders on the target area, April 2nd. Administrative buildings, warehouses, barracks, a machine shop and foundry, and more than 12,000 tons of shipping docked for repairs or under construction were destroyed. The docks are equipped to handle all types of repair, refitting, reconditioning and construction of ships up to 10,000 tons
• 134. A. Saigon, aerial view
• 135. A. Philip La Follette
• 135. B. Newspaper clipping: "Col. La Follette In Town with A Bronze Star."
• 135. C. Philip La Follette showing his photo album
• 136. A. FILIPINO REFUGEES--Natives of Leyte, carrying all their possessions and led by a young girl with a flag of truce, coming through American lines near Paving
• 136. B. FOOD QUEUE ON LEYTE--Civilians in a desolated coastal sector of Leyto Island queue up at an American food dump for Army field rations
• 137. A. [JAPANESE] HANGER ON LEYTE--A captured [Japanese] hanger on San Pablo airstrip, Leyte Island, which combines protection from the elements with effective camouflage
• 137. B. GIs LEAN TO--An equipment-packed truck, bogged down in the jungles of Leyte Island, is pushed ahead by U.S. Infantrymen
• 138. A. STARS AND STRIPES RISING OVER PHILIPPINES--On the shell-torn fringes of Leyte Island one of the 250,000 soldiers who made the landing runs up the first American flag to fly over the Philippines since Corregidor fell. The historical incident was a moment of reverence to Americans who swept ashore determined to wipe out the [Japanese]
• 138. B. BLOOD PLASMA SAVES ANOTHER AMERICAN LIFE: A wounded American soldier receives an injection of life-giving blood plasma at an aid station on Leyto Island. Regardless of how light enemy resistance may be, a few casualties are always a certainty in an operation of this type
• 139. A. INVASION ARMADA: A portion of the mighty armada which carried General MacArthur's troops to the invasion of the Philippine Islands. Shallow draft beats are loaded on the beach while the larger ships in the fleet are loaded off shore by lighters, amphibious trucks, and assault craft. When fully leaded the ships assembled, formed a convey, and sailed to their objective
• 139. B. LAST INTERVIEW--Asahel ("Ace") Bush veteran Associated Press War Correspondent who was killed covering the invasion of the Philippines, interviewing Bob Price, an islander, at Tacloban. Price is the son of an American who settled in the Philippines in 1898
• 140. A-B. Sea attack
• 141. A. Soldiers clinging to a sinking ship
• 141. B. NEAR MISS--Yanks inspect a gaping hole on a Layte pier after a three-plane [Japanese] raid. Shrapnel from the burst sprayed the liberty ship alongside
• 142. A. MOVING UP--A column of U.S. Infantrymen files across a coconut lop foot bridge on an expedition beyond Dulag, Leyte Island
• 142. B. TANK COVER--Infantrymen of the U.S. 7th Division cautiously follow a General Sherman tank along the road between Dulag and Julita, Leyte Island
• 143. A. SEARCH--American infantrymen on a reconnaissance patrol near Dulag, Leyte Island, warily approach a native house in which [Japanese] were reported to be hiding out
• 143. B. THE MORNING AFTER--Troops advancing the American lines beyond Dulag, Leyte Island, search their area after a night attack by the enemy. A dead [Japanese], his rifle alongside, lies in the foreground. Beyond his body, to the left of the U.S. tank in the middle of the road, is a [Japanese] armored car knocked out the day before and used as a roadblock at night
• 144. A. ROADBLAZING THROUGH LEYTE SWAMP--Army engineers constructing a bridge and pushing a road through swampy jungles on Leyte Island
• 144. B. ADVANCED RECONNAISSANCE--Scouts in a powerful, swift U.S. armored car studying an area on Leyte Island spotted with [Japanese] pillboxes and snipers
• 145. A. RESCUE SQUAD--A cordon of GIs tug and shove to get an almost wholly submerged jeep to a beach at Leyte Island. Along this stretch landing ships were unable to nose up to shore so vehicles were brought in by manpower
• 145. B. PHILIPPINE BATTLE FIELD--[Japanese] dead strewn over a battlefield near Dulag, Leyte Island. They had infiltrated in force to within 500 yards of an American command post before being wiped out
• 146. A. BATTLES RAGED ALL NIGHT LONG--Flames consume a u. S. gasoline dump set afire by a direct hit from a [Japanese] bomb at a landing beach in Leyte. After the [Japanese] recovered from the shock of the invasion they hammered against the landing forces twenty-four hours a day with planes, artillery, mortars and infantry forces
• 146. B. READYING FOR ACTION: Lt. General Walter Krueger, Commanding General of the Sixth Army confers with his Chief of Staff, Brig. General Decker aboard the USS Wasatch just prior to the Philippine invasion. They discuss the radio signal which sent the initial wave of troops ashore to establish beachheads in the Tacloban area of Leyte. The landing at this point caught the Japanese unawares and enabled our ground forces to rapidly extend their positions with only light casualties
• 147. A. View
• 147. B. River view
• 148. A. PHILIPPINE LABOR ADMINISTRATION--Caisar Satto, Filipino labor administrator at Tacloban, Leyte Island, explains the U.S. Army's program for employing civilians in essential jobs
• 148. B. PAYDAY IN THE PHILIPPINES--The first Filipinos to work under the U.S. Army in the Philippines get their wage of five pounds of rice at Tacloban, Leyte Island, from Col. G.S. Finley, headquarters commandant, General Headquarters
• 149. A. PRAYER FOR SUCCESS OF PHILIPPINE LIBERATION-- At a chapel somewhere in the Southwest Pacific Philippine President Sergio Osmena, Major General Basilio P. Valdes, secretary of national defence and shief of staff of the Philippine Army, and Brig. Gen. Carlos Romulo, resident commissioner of the Philippines to U.S., attend a sunrise mass dedicated to a speedy victory in the Philippines
• 149. B. TACLOBAN VICTORY PARADE--Filipinos and Chinese of Tacloban, Leyte, parading to the Provincial Capitol Building to attend the ceremony at which President Sergio Osmena proclaimed the city temporary capitol of the Philippines
• 150. A. EXCHANGE GREETINGS--Gen. Douglas MacArthur and President Sergio Osmena of the Philippines leave the capitol building at Tacloban, Leyte, P.I., after the general had paid a visit to extend Christmas greetings
• 150. B. Vice Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid, Commander Central Philippines Attack Force, Seventh Fleet and Allied Naval Forces, Southwest Pacific Area, looks over the convoy enroute to Leyte from his Flagship. With Admiral Kinkaid in his Chief-of-Staff Captain Valentine H. Schaeffer
• 151. A. Aerial view of a ship just hit
• 151. B. Philip La Follette "somewhere in the Philippines," 1945 January
• 151. C. Aerial view of a ship under attack
• 152. A. Aerial view of a city under attack
• 152. B. INFANTRYMEN POUR ONTO LEYTE BEACH--Troops of the 77th Division are unloading on a beach of Northwest Leyte Island from those ubiquitous LCIs and Lsts.
• 153. A. ARMOR REINFORCEMENTS FOR LUZON BATTLE--An alligator plunged from an LST (Landing Ship, Tank) into the Lingayen Gulf, off central Luzon Island, to join U.S. forces driving toward Manila
• 153. B. WET SCOUTING MISSION--These GIs, most of them smoking cigarettes as they slog along through water on "one of the many Philippines Islands rid of [Japanese], this spring, have just unloaded from the "Buffalo" seen in the background with "So. Milwaukee" on the prow
• 154. A. UNLOADING ON LUZON--American troops and tons of equipment are unloaded from small landing craft on Yellow beach in Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, P.I
• 154. B. FILIPINO RECEPTION COMMITTEE--When third-wave infantrymen landed on Red Beach, La Paz, Luzon Island, they were greeted by an exuberantly friendly group of Filipinos, obvious enough in this picture
• 155. A. BRIDGES UP OR DOWN, SIGNAL CORPS GET THROUGH--Assisted by friendly Filipinos, Lt. Charles W. Shepard, Signal Corps cameraman, and a Corps engineer reconstruction officer, complete crossing of river near where a bridges was destroyed by the retreating [Japanese] during surprise American invasion of Luzon
• 155. B. BOMB-SHATTERED LUZON CHURCH--A Catholic church in the Lingayen area of Luzon, already in ruins after more than two years of [Japanese] occupation, was further damaged by air and naval bombardment during U.S. landing operations
• 156. A. YANKS PUSHING SOUTH ON LUZON--Infantrymen tramp across the Calmay River bridge, one the [Japanese] hadn't time to demolish, in the vanguard of ta powerful amphibious Buffalo
• 156. B. OUT OF THE MIRE, YANKS SURROUND LUZON BARRIO--Infantrymen have plunged through treacherous mud expanses beside the barrio of Binmaley, Luzon Island, and are rapidly enveloping the town. Practically no destruction is evidenced, indicating that the Sons of Heaven have fled inland away from the aggressive Yanks
• 157. GI'S POOL EQUIPMENT IN ONE CART--U.S. troops headed due South cart their equipment through the village of Binmaley in the Lingayen Gulf area of Luzon
• 157. B. Newspaper clipping: "Phil With Luzon Invasion Forces."
• 157. C. JUNGLE FIGHTERS IN NEW ROLE--Jungle-wise veterans of the New Guinea campaign are engaged for the first time in open warfare in the Luzon operation. Infantrymen approach the first railroad they have encountered in months of slugging with the [Japanese] in the Southwest Pacific
• 158. A. YANKS PUSH ON IN BINMALEY AREA, LINGAYEN GULF--With a gentle "Sierran" range rising invitingly in the distance, Yank infantrymen move through a wide valley in the Binmaley Area, Lingayen ground, have been probed with lead by U.S. troops -- just in case [Japanese] snipers lurked within
• 158. B. DESTRUCTION AT DAMORTIS--General view of Damortis, Luzon Island, railroad station destroyed when [Japanese] dump exploded. Dump contained approximately 150 tons of explosives and a great amount of food and supplies
• 159. A. TANKS THROUGH SAN JACINTO--U.S. tanks move through the town of San Jacinto, Luzon Island
• 159. B. FREEDOM RANG OVER SAN FABIAN--The old bell in the ruined Municipal Building at San Fabian, Luzon Island, is being rung by a small Filipino boy (out of view), as Yank liberation forces pass the building to the cheers of Filipino civilians. The municipal building, a [Japanese] strong point during the invasion, received numerous hits by naval shells
• 160. A. CROSSING THE CALINAY-- U.S. troops crossing the Calinay River on foot bridge near Lingayen Gulf, Luzon Island
• 160. B. BEGINNING OF ROAD TO MANILA--A U.S. tank, equipped with wents for amphibious maneuvers, rumbles past the Capitol at Lingayen, Luzon Island, which marked the take-off point for troops pushing south
• 161. A. DOUGHFEET PLUNGE FORWARD--U.S. infantrymen coming off Blue Beach 1 and going interior from Lingayen Gulf, Luzon Island.
• 161. B. ADMIRAL GREETS GENERAL ABOARD SHIP--Vice Admiral Thomas Kincaid, 7th Fleet Commander, greets Lt. Gen. Walter Krueger, commanding general of the 6th Army, as the latter boards a United States warship taking part in the invasion of lingayen Gulf, Luzon Island
• 162. A. [JAPANESE] ARE HAVING A HEALTHFUL TIME--In comparison to [Japanese] treatment of U.S. prisoners, the [Japanese] behind barbered wire in U.S. prison camps fare admirably. Here a group of them are exercising, most with joyous expressions, in their camp at San Joaquin, Leyte Island, Philippines
• 162. B. U.S. lines in battle
• 163. A. U.S. lines in battle
• 163. B. HALF-WET--First wave troops of invading American forces wade waist-deep in fording a stream enroute to San Fabian, Luzon Island
• 164. A. INVASION CONVOY ENTERS MINDANAO SEA--A Luzon invasion convoy enters the Mindanao Sea at 7:30 a.m., near enough to the [Japanese]-infested Mindanao Island to see the mountains of the Northwest coast
• 164. B. S-DAY CROSSING--U.S. troops pour across a foot bridge near Lingayen, Luzon Island, on S-day
• 165. A. WORKING ON THE RAILROAD-- Members of a U. S. Army Engineers repair company get the railroad track at San Fabian, Luzon Island, in condition shortly after troops poured inland from Lingayen Gulf
• 165. B. HOTBED OF [JAPANESE] ARTILLERY FIRE--Yank Medics evacuate wounded infantrymen from jungles near Damortis, Luzon Island, shortly before a minor withdrawal. This area was under intense [Japanese] artillery fire and the battalion to which these men belong withdrew until the [Japanese] artillery artists were spotted and wiped out by our own artillery and air power
• 166. A. American troops at rest
• 166. B. RAILROAD BRIDGE SERVES AS ARMY HIGHWAY--American Army traffic crosses the railroad bridge over the Bued River, half mile north of San Fabian, Luzon Island
• 167. A. OLD GLORY RESTORED FROM THREE-YEAR CACHE--This American flag, being displayed by Capt. Pinlas Unit, present mayor of Nalasiqui, Luzon Island, and three guerrillas, was the only flag saved from the [Japanese] at Malasiqui. It was taken out of hiding and raised over the town shortly after American troops freed the village
• 167. B. FIVE MINUTE BREAK--Weary U.S. infantrymen relax alongside a Luzon highway during a short break int heir steady march south
• 168. A. TARLAC RAILWAY STATION--U.S. troops repairing the railway station at Tarlac, Luzon Island, after rails and communications had been damaged by cross shelling
• 168. B. [JAPANESE] PILL BOX GOES UP IN SMOKE--A demolition bomb explodes on a [Japanese] pill box in the Cabaruan Hills of Luzon Island
• 169. A. INVASION OF SANTIAGO ISLAND--Men of B and E companies, 6th infantry Battalion, are shown going ashore on the southern shore of Santiago Island, a small island off the northern extremity of the Lingayen peninsula, Luzon Island
• 169. B. U.S. military launching mortars
• 170. A. PREPARING TO BLAST [JAPANESE] PILLBOXES--A 37-mm. gun crew is here shown engaged in "manhandling" one of their weapons into position on a ridge near Amlag, Luzon Island, from which they can lay direct fire on [Japanese] pillboxes housing 77-mm. guns the [Japanese] are using to hold up U.S. advance
• 170. B. ENEMY CONTACTED--The speed of the American drive following the 8th Army's landing in the Subic Bay area of Luzon Island came near preventing off-balance [Japanese] forces from wrecking the bridge leading to Olangapo. The far side of the bridge was dynamited a few minutes before U.S. troops reached the river
• 171. A. DOUGHBOYS MARCH THROUGH LUZON TOWN--Rain-soaked infantrymen hike along the highway through the village of Bigas
• 171. B. "V" FOR VICTORY IN THE PHILIPPINES--Filipinos cheer U.S. tankmen and make the Allied victory gesture as tanks speed through their home town of Luisita, near Tarlac, Luzon Island
• 172. A. February 28, 1945. American invasion ships heading for the landing on (Palawan Island) photographed from the air as US forces stage surprise landing on another enemy stronghold
• 172. A. February 28, 1945. INVASION OF PALAWAN: Members of (M Co., 3rd Dn., 186th Inf, 41st Div.) head for the airstrip on (Palawan Island), after landing of beach No. 1
• 173. A. American prisoners of war stockade on (Palawan Island.)
• 173. B. February 28, 1945. 1st and 2nd waves of (Co. E, 180 Inf., 41st Div.) landing in mangrove swamp on (Palawan Island.)
• 174. A. February 28, 1945. After their landing craft maneuvers across the rocky shore the beach on (Palawan Island) US infantry troops quickly debark during surprise US landing
• 174. B. U.S. soldiers on a ruined building
• 175. A. BEAUTY AND GRIMNESS AT CLARK FIELD--This picture, a composition of celestial beauty and martial grimness, was taken by a U.S. Signal Corps photographer as American troops occupied Clark Field near Manila. A flame-throwing Yank advances in the foreground, while artillery fire by and infantry cannon company hits a [Japanese] mark in the distance
• 175. B. INVASION OF PALAWAN: Heavy weapons squad of (H Co., 2nd Dn., 186 RCT) advancing towards (Puerto Princessa, during the invasion of (Palawan Island.)
• 176. A. Four surrendering Japanese soldiers walk across open ground near the Finance and Agricultural buildings in Manila. An unusual mass surrender of 30 Japanese resulted here from the urging of a broadcast made by an Army Psychological Warfare unit during the last stages of the Manila fighting
• 176. B. U.S. infantrymen standing over four Japanese men
• 177. A. CLARK FIELD UNDER ARTILLERY SHELLING--White clouds of smoke in the distance mark hits by U.S. artillery on enemy-held hangars on Clark Field, Luzon Island. In the foreground, the wreckage of a [Japanese] plane knocked out on the ground by Far East Air Force bombers
• 177. B. APPROACH TO CLARK FIELD--A jeep-load of riflemen drive toward Clark Field, still smoking from artillery shelling
• 178. A. STREET FIGHTING IN MANILA--U.S. anti-tank troops firing 37 mm shells against a [Japanese] machine gun emplacement in the tower of the church at the end of the street
• 178. B. Buildings ruined by artillery
• 179. A. Aerial view of the destruction in Manila
• 179. B. Buildings ruined by artillery
• 180. A. Aerial view of the destruction in Manila
• 180. B. Aerial view of the destruction in Manila, near the Passig River
• 181. A. THIS SIGNALED THE FALL OF MANILA HOTEL--U.S. Army infantrymen here raise Old Glory to signal recapture of the Manila Hotel, where the victorious general was living in less auspicious days -- before his departure for Bataan in 1942. Here, MacArthur had his valuable library of military tomes
• 181. B. DUG IN ON PRESIDENTIAL LAWN--Mortar crews and riflemen, dug in on the lawn of the presidential home in Manila, lob shells against [Japanese] entrenchments
• 182. A. [JAPANESE] FIRES SWEEP MANILA--Dense smoke clouds obscure the sun in this picture, as retreating enemy demolition squads make a last-ditch attempt to reduce the Philippine capital to ashes
• 182. B. Unidentified
• 183. A. General MacArthur
• 183. B. MANILANS CLAMORING FOR FOOD--Cpl. David A. King, Detroit, Mich., being mobbed by hungry Filipinos in battle-torn Manila. During the acute food shortage in Manila army kitchens, as well as civil affairs administration, distributed food
• 184. A. WATCHING MANILA BURN--A. U.S. soldier, seated on the decorated sea wall of a mansion at Paranaque, Luzon, watches Manila burn in the distance through binoculars
• 184. B. MANILA BURNS FOLLOWING [JAPANESE] RETREAT--Before they evacuated downtown Manila [Japanese] set fire to the main business section. In a short time flames and black smoke enveloped the area
• 185. A. MANILA POST OFFICE--Manila Post Office, a strong point of [Japanese] defending the city, photographed through a shellhole in a nearby building
• 185. B. [JAPANESE] DEVASTATION IN MANILA BUSINESS DISTRICT--Photo taken from atop the Great Eastern Hotel in Manila shows burned out business district on the North side of the Pasig River. Wanton destruction of non-military property by the [Japanese] was evidenced throughout the city
• 186. A. Aerial view of Corregidor
• 186. B. Boat trip to Corregidor
• 186. C. CORREGIDOR MASONRY AFFORDS PROTECTION--American GI's take cover between chunks of masonry on the beach of Corregidor during the recent invasion by our forces. This section of the beach was under heavy fire from a [Japanese] strong point
• 187. A. Philip La Follette "The flag goes up on Corregidor," 1945
• 188. A. These are the officers who accompanied the C in C (MacArthur) from Corregidor in 1942. Taken on return 1945
• 188. B. Philip La Follette: "A freak shot-double exposure- of the C in C (MacArthur) at Corregidor, 1945
• 189. A. WRECKAGE AT FORT MCKINLEY--Picture shows wreckage at Fort William McKinley, just southeast of Manila, taken by U.S. troops 20 February. Foreground: headquarters company left rear, post exchange; right rear, YMCA
• 189. B. Buildings ruined by artillery
• 190. A. SMOKE BILLOWS FROM PHILIPPINE CAPITOL--Many fires are visible from the air over Manila, after converging American forces had laid down a heavy artillery barrage on the metropolitan city
• 190. B. [JAPANESE] STRONGPOINT IN MANILA GETS THE WORKS--A [Japanese] held building catches a withering fire from American Sherman tanks supporting machine gun fire from surrounding buildings. Picture was taken from window of the Nurse's Dormitory in the Philippines General Hospital
• 191. A. THE WALLS CRUMBLED--American artillery across the Pasig River in Manila throws shell after shell into the Walled City where [Japanese] resistance was the stiffest. The pillared structure at right is the gutted postoffice of Manila, once the pride of Manilanos
• 191. B. AT HEIGHT OF FIGHT FOR WALLED CITY--A group of U.S. riflemen blaze away at [Japanese] positions in the Intramuros section of Manila during height of the battle for the Walled City
• 192. A. WRECKED [JAPANESE] PLANES ON NICHOLS FIELD--Under the wing of a [Japanese] Zero on the ground at Nichols Field, just south of Manila, the wreckage on the ground blasted by U.S. planes is pictured. Smoke from burning Manila rises in the central background
• 192. B. THESE GI'S MEAN BUSINESS--A machine gun crew covers the advance of an assault team on its way towards a [Japanese] held building in the University of the Philippines. Rifleman at right of picture is also on the lookout for [Japanese] snipers
• 193. A. U.S. TROOPS ON PASIG RIVER--A number of U.S. troops coming down estuary to cross the Pasig River to the Walled City
• 193. B. Unidentified child
• 194. A. MORTARS IN ACTION--The ever-welcome dawn has just broken over this mortar outfit of the 32nd Division high in the hills of Northern Luzon. During the night, these men repulsed three [Japanese] infiltration attempts, as the desperate enemy tried to wipe out the sharp-shooting mortar crews. The scene is along the Villa Verde trail near Baguio, headquarters of the [Japanese] high command. Some of the men are still in their foxholes, other are preparing for the day's shooting
• 194. B. TANKS FIGHT HIGH ON LUZON--Setting what is believed to be a new record in high altitude tank warfare, the tank in picture, and others like it, are being used to flush out [Japanese] along 5000-foot high mountain trails on approach to [Japanese] stronghold at Baguio, Luzon Island. Tank in picture has thrown one of its tracks close to edge of steep hill. Bulldozer and cable are used to keep it from rolling over, and to allow replacement of treat. Tanks are deporting drive of the 32nd Infantry Division up Villa Verde trail towards Baguio
• 195. A. Infantrymen on the lines
• 195. B. THEY BURN AND BLAST [JAPANESE] FROM THE HILLS OF LUZON--Turning his face away from intense heat, flame thrower operator of K company, 161st Regiment, 25th Division, is covered by men with rifles and BAR as he burns out well-fortified [Japanese] pillbox in Balete Pass near Baguio, Luzon Island, scene of violent combat
• 196. A. RED BADGE OF COURAGE--Sergeant Michael Thomson of Hampton, N.J., wearing a crucifix over his left breast and bandage over a head wound suffered the preceding night by [Japanese] fire in a counterattack, for which he refused to be evacuated, advances over dead [Japanese] on Hill 604 in the wild Balete Pass country of Northern Luzon. On the right of Sergeant Thomson is James Read of Baraboo, Wisc., while to his left is Pfc Rubin Luchaga, Santa Ana, Calif
• 196. B. 23 March 1945. Squad leader points out suspected [Japanese] position at edge of (Balet Pass, near Baugio, Luzon, PI), where (25th Inf. Div.) is in fierce combat with enemy. Although hugging ground close to enemy, one soldier, left, calmly lights a cigarette
• 197. A. A SOLID REASON FOR TOUGH GOING IN NORTHERN LUZON--In the bitter contest between U.S. and [Japanese] army fighters for the strategic point of Baguio, [Japanese] high command location and former summer capital of the Philippines, dug-in [Japanese] positions have required great fire concentration and exacted considerable casualties to reduce. This is only one of the numerous caves from which the [Japanese] fired disappearing 155-mm guns. This cave, in the Luzon hills in vicinity of Baguio, was target for shells and demolition blasts. Two soldiers inspect the cave after its capture by the 43rd Infantry Division. Many heavy artillery pieces used by [Japanese] in these caves were captured from the U.S. in 1941-1942
• 197. B. Major General "Bull" Swift. Commanding General 1st Cavalry and I Corps
• 198. A. A [JAPANESE]'S TRICK WOULD HAVE BEEN NIPPED IN THE BUD--Wanting to bring this once blood-thirsty [Japanese] marine in alive from a Philippine island where he was cornered by U.S. troops in April, the soldiers seen here ordered him by gestures and with pointed rifles to remove all his clothing to make sure he wouldn't have any grenadew or other deadly articles upon his person when he came forward. As he got down to his left shoe and legging he hesitated too long and the GIs rushed in to overpower him before any final trick could be played. This was not necessary, it was soon discovered, as he had tied too secure a knot in his shoe
• 198. B. ANOTHER [JAPANESE] DIES-- BUT WITHOUT BITING THE DUST--As U.S. Army troops of the 25th Division push on over a battle-torn and costly gained hill at the edge of Balete Pass, Northern Luzon, they leave many [Japanese] behind. The one shown in the foreground of this picture, impaled on a bomb-splintered tree, was one of 6048 dead [Japanese] left behind by the 25th on Luzon to date. The fighting here is part of the push toward Baguio, headquarters of the [Japanese] high command and former summer capital of the Philippines
• 199. A. RENAISSANCE OF CULTURE AMID MANILA'S ASHES--Inside burned and bombed Santa Cruz in Manila the first concert of the Manila Symphony Orchestra in over three years was held under direction of Dr. Herbert Zipper, before throngs of civilians and U.S. soldiers. General view of the audience, with great Eastern Hotel in left background. The seeming daylight sky was made possible by the billion candlepower of light provided by anti-aircraft searchlight batteries
• 199. B. Aerial view, Baguio
• 200. A. Aerial view
• 200. B. Aerial view of artillery destruction
• 201. A. Aerial view
• 201. B. Aerial view
• 202. A. Aerial view of destroyed city blocks
• 202. B. Aerial view of destroyed city blocks
• 203. A. Aerial view of Bojuio
• 203. B. Aerial view of river and city
• 204. A. Aerial view of Bojuio
• 204. B. Aerial view of a city burning
• 205. A. Aerial view of a coast line
• 205. B. View of Bujuio
• 206. A. General Douglas MacArthur shakes hands with Brig. Gen. Baker as he leaves the station after the first train had arrived in (Manila, Luzon P.I.)
• 206. B. Philip La Follette with unidentified man in front of C in C
• 206. C. Philip La Follette
• 206. D. Philip La Follette with unidentified man
• 206. E. Philip La Follette with unidentified man
• 206. F. Letter from Akin to Philip La Follette in regards to photos from his farewell party
• 206. G. Philip La Follette with unidentified man
• 207. A. Farewell party for Philip La Follette, Manila, June 1945
• 207. B. L.A. Diller, Philip La Follette, Frayne Baker, in our flat- Manila, June 1945
• 208. A. Col. Philip F. La Follette, (right) three times governor of Wisconsin, is congratulated by Brig. Gen. L.A. Diller, public relations officer for General MacArthur, after General Diller has awarded him the Legion of Merit for his services as executive officer in the GHQ public relations office. The colonel has returned to the United States
• 208. B. Farewell party for Philip La Follette, Manila, June 1945
• 208. C. Farewell party for Philip La Follette, Manila, June 1945
• 209. B. Col. Philip F. La Follette, former governor of Wisconsin and a member of Gen. MacArthur's staff since 1942, rejoins his family at Madison
• 210. A. Philip La Follette
• 210. B. Philip La Follette
• 210. C. Philip La Follette
• 210. D. Maj. Gen. Lewis Whitehead, A.C.; Raymond ?; Philip La Follette
• 211. A. MacArthur and Big. Gen. William Monquat?
• 211. B. Gen. MacArthur at an airport
• 211. C. Gen. MacArthur and others in a jeep
• 211. D. Gen. MacArthur on a boat
• 211. E. General Douglas MacArthur with Major General W.H. Gill, commander of the 32nd Division, United States Army, in the field with that division of American troops from the mid-western states, including many from Wisconsin and Michigan
• 212. A. The President of the Philippines, Sergio Osmena, leaves New Guinea for his native land as the Central Philippines Attack Force prepares to get underway. Left to right are: Rear Admiral Daniel E. Barbey; President Osmena, Major General Richard J. Marshall of General MacArthur's Staff, and Brigadier General Carlos Romulo
• 212. B. American troops unloading supplies from small boat on a jungle river during the attack on Buna
• 212. C. Lieut. General Robert L. Eichelberger (left, standing) Commander of the American troops in Papua, washing in a river "somewhere in New Guinea."
• 212. D. A newly built bridge