UNITED STATES ARMY ( PACIFIC WAR )
nº 351 .- Major -General, US Army.1944.
nº 352 .- Officer US Women 's Army Corps ,1944.
nº .- 353 .- Private, US Army, 1944.
While a phosphorous charge explodes on a Japanese fortification on the island of Corregidor in Febrruary 1945, soldiers of the 34th Regiment prepare to shoot any Japanese who emerge . The characteristic water bottle pouch of the American infantryman is cleary shown.
nº 354 .- Major-General, US Army ,1944.
The land fighting in Leyte in October 1944. These soldiers , heavily laden with communications equipment, have managed to fight their way off the beach, but are still targets for small arms fire from isolated Japanese strongpoints or snipers who put up a brave defence against the Americans .
American soldiers examine the damage done by a Japanese air attack on Paranaque in the Philippines on 13 December 1941.These Japanese raids were very succesfuld and crippled the Americans air defenses. General Douglas Mac Artur comanded a force of almost 100.000 men in the islands ; but of these ,only 15.000 were Amarican regulars. The men here are wearing a mixture of uniforms , incluiding British helmets .
nº 356 .- Pilot,USF, 1944.
Grounddcrewnen in casual working clothing arm an American fighter-bomber with rockets. Rockets were a useful weapon against enemy communications, and they were highly effective againts tanks.
nº 357 .- Petty Oficier 3rd Class, US Navy,1943.
US Army Air Force pilots of the " Flying Tigers", in China seramble for their aircraft,Curtiss P-40 Kittyhaw fighters painted with the distintive shark's mouth symbol.Note the seat-type parachutes worn dy the pilots.
The 201 st Mexicans fighter Squadron, assembles in front of a P-47 Thunderbolt on Porac strip , Clark Field, Luzon.
nº 358 .- Lieutenant , US Navy,1941.
nº 359 .- Lieutenant Junior Grade Women's Auxiliary Volunters Service, 1942.
Ordnancemen load 500lb demolition bombs onto a Douglas S B D Dauntlesbomber on board the USS Enterpriseon 7 August 1942.This was the firstday of the attacks on Guadalcanal.
nº 362 .- Lieutenant, US Marine Corps, 1945.
A wounded Marine is brought off Iwo Jima by Coast Guardsmen. The landing craft which went in a Iwo Jima came back with the wounded, who wer5e transferred to hospital ships. The speedy evacuation of wounded personel was considered essential to maintain morale.
nº 365 .- Private ,US Marine Corps, 1943.
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