Protestant service on Peleliu, 1944
Protestant Chaplain Rufus W. Oakley holding services within a few hundred yards of Japanese positions, well within range of their mortars if they had chosen to throw them at Peleliu.
Marine wounded at Tarawa being taken off in rubber boat
Marines wounded during the landing on Tarawa are towed out on rubber boats by their buddies to larger vessels that will take them to base hospitals for better medical care. VIRIN: HD-SN-99-02572
U.S. Marines activities, WWII - 80-G-54678 (31182983385)
80-G-54678: Marine fighter squadron mechanics at Turtle Bay, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides. Shown: Mail Call. Photograph released September 26, 1943. U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the Na... More
"Pfc. Luther Woodward..., a member of the Fourth Ammunition Company, a...
Scope and content: The award was later upgraded to the Silver Star.
Garapan Fire, Saipan, 3 July 1944
"Marine infantrymen move fast to take up new positions in Garapan, principal city of Saipan. Jap buildings and installations were set afire by supporting artillery barrages and the Leathernecks entered the tow... More
US Navy activities, Alaska, WWII - 80-G-40995 (31399109310)
80-G-40995: From a sandbagged post somewhere on the Alaskan frontier, a U.S. Marine bugler calls his comrades to their stations. Photograph released March 30, 1943. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the... More
Driver of Marine truck, New River, NC
Driver of Marine truck, New River, N.C. Public domain photograph of a truck, pickup truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Marines take cover behind seawall at Red Beach no. 3, Tarawa
Marines take cover behind a sea wall on Red Beach #3, Tarawa. VIRIN: HD-SN-99-02572
Bougainville in the Solomon Islands WWII - 80-G-207834 (27748508331)
80-G-207834: Marine position on front lines at Bougainville in the Solomon Islands. Well dug-in on the high ground, the newly constructed airfields. No-Man’s Land is a mere hundred yards from this position.... More
This Fifth Division Marine was fighting in the front lines of Iwo Jima...
This Fifth Division Marine was fighting in the front lines of Iwo Jima when a Jap mortar shell landed beside him. Badly shocked, but still on his feet, he was hurried towards a behind-the-lines aid station by t... More
Marine 1st Lt. John. M Mendinhall, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Mend...
Attached to a Marine Corsair Squadron since the start of the Okinawa operation, Lt. Mendinhall has already completed 30 combat missions in this area. A graduate of Friends School, Wilmington Del., he was attend... More
"Handling Negro Marine public relations at the Montford Point Camp her...
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Coast Guard Marines at Guam - ca. July 1944
Marines show their appreciation to the Coast Guard during the invasion of Guam during World War II
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L to Rt; Capt Godolphin (USMC Air Corps) and Major Barr (USMC) who had just bombed suspected Jap positions from the air are down the front within an hour of their strike to learn from infantrymen of the 7th Ca... More
Squadron VMSB-151-Engebi Island-June1944
This is a group photo of Squadron VMSB-151, 4th Marine Base Defense, Engebi Island, Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands, June 1944.
U.S. Marines activities, WWII - 80-G-54289 (27934128236)
80-G-54289: Major Gregory Boyington, USMCR. Climbs aboard his F4U "Corsair" aircraft for another try at the enemy, while serving as Commanding Officer of Marine Fighting Squadron Two Hundred and Fourteen (VMF... More
An amphibious tractor burns on the beach as Marines take shelter under...
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US Marine after Battle of Eniwetok HD-SN-99-02857
U S Marine, after two days and nights on the beach of Eniwetok in the Marshall Island, aboard a Coast Guard assault transport. His face is grimey with coral dust. February 1944. (Coast Guard) Exact Date Shot ... More
Marines at the front on Iwo Jima. 24 February, 1945. (53407662931)
Photographer: Schwartz.
Marines moving through thick jungle on Guadalcanal. (49685850781)
Marines moving through thick jungle on Guadalcanal.
Guadalcanal campaign. US Navy in WW2. 80-G-40892 (31624519232)
80-G-40892: Marine Aviation Squadrons involved in Guadalcanal Battles. Front row, kneeling and sitting, left to right: First Lieutenant S.K. Ottesen; First Lieutenant A. Christoperson; First Lieutenant C.E. M... More
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Ordnancemen of U.S. Marine Scout-Bombing Squadron 241 (VMSB-241) "Sons of Satan" load a 1,000 pound bomb onto the bomb rack of a Douglas SBD Dauntless. "one of the obsolete planes that are giving the Japs so m... More
Landing operations on Rendova Island HD-SN-99-02835
Landing operations on Redova Island, Solomon Islands, 30 June 1943. Attacking at the break of day in a heavy rainstorm, the first Americans ashore huddle behind tree trunks and any other cover they can find. I... More
127-N-77814
A MARINE TORPEDO BOMBER gets an overhaul in its revetment on Bougainville by its mechanics. In foreground is a 2,000 pounder waiting to be put in plane. Series "Marine Mech" #18 Location: Bougainville. Unit: 1st MAW
U.S. Marines activities, WWII - 80-G-322706 (26639400456)
80-G-322706: Two First Division Marines walk along a rubble strewn road towards the ruins of the Japanese Naval Academy on Okinawa, Ryukyus Islands. The building was wrecked during pre-invasion bombardment, rel... More
U.S. Marines activities, WWII - 80-G-50003 (25131483951)
80-G-50003: Marine Detachment onboard one of Uncle Sam’s heavy cruisers goes through a fitness drill with weapons, April 6, 1943. U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/02/23).
Marine in action at Tarawa
Taking the slim protection that a blasted tree affords, this Marine picks-off the Japs in a pill box. A Jap in a pill box must be shot through the small opening he uses to sight through, but that didn't bother ... More
US Navy Hawaii activities, WW2, 80-G-244710 (25928952753)
80-G-244710: Bob Hope and entertainers give show for service men at Maui, Territory of Hawaii. Army, Navy. Marines and Coast Guard service members are at the show. Photograph, July 18, 1944. U.S. Navy Pho... More
USS Cabot (CVL 28) WWII - 80-G-263276 (28697622586)
80-G-263276: U.S. Marines drilling on flight deck of USS Cabot (CVL 28). Photographed by crew of USS Cabot, July 3, 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives... More
U.S. Marines activities, WWII - 80-G-40794 (26920504844)
80-G-40794: Marine-style laundry at a South Pacific base. Machine gun belts are hung on low-hanging tree limbs. Released March 9 1943. U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. ... More
Guadalcanal campaign. US Navy in WW2. 80-G-41589 (29636710814)
80-G-41589: Three members of the Marine Fighter Squadron which bested the Japanese in the big air battles of April 1 and April 7 over Guadalcanal, talk over their victories. Lieutenant Arthur T. Wood, USMMC;... More
Ramp boats. The Marines prepare 8b07674v
Title: Training. Ramp boats. The Marines prepare to set a truck ashore from a fifty-foot ramp boat at a Navy school conducted by the Southern shipyard at which the boat was made. When the ramp is raised it clos... More
127-N-77863
IN A READY ROOM ON BOUGAINVILLE, Marine fighter pilots gather around their flight leader to get some last minute pointers before they take off on a bomber escort mission against Rabaul. Location: Bougainville.... More
127-N-75462
Patches -- Nearly 400 holes and it still flies. This Marine Torpedo Bomber was hit by flying shrapnel March 8th, when the Japs started throwing shells into the Air Strips on Bougainville. the plane was repai... More
Battle of Peleliu (Operation Stalemate), September-November 1944. - 12...
127-GW-741-95555: Battle of Peleliu (Operation Stalemate), September-November 1944. African-American Marines held down by sniper fire. Photographed by John Smith, September 15, 1944. U.S. Marine Corps Phot... More
Battle of Peleliu (Operation Stalemate), September-November 1944. - 12...
127-GW-741-96742: Battle of Peleliu (Operation Stalemate), September-November 1944. Some of the African-American Marines out in the Pacific, and they are moving along the side of the bomber strip on Peleliu Is... More
"WANT ACTION^ JOIN U.S. MARINE CORPS" - NARA - 513532
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
"First Negro Marines decorated by the famed Second Marine Division som...
Public domain photograph of US government agency meeting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Marine signalman on M3 Stuart tank 1942 8e00271u
A U.S. Marine Corps signalman signaling from the top of an M3 Stuart tank (serial 60239) during a maneouver in 1942.
Browning M1917 Marine Iwo Jima fixed
العربية: جندي من مشاة البحرية الأمريكية يطلق النار من رشاش براونينغ إم1917 على اليابانيين، معركة إيو جيما English: World War II, Iwo Jima Marine Machine Gun Team Fires on Japanese Positions HMG Browning M1917
A wounded Marine is lifted onto a jeep converted into an ambulance on ...
127-GR-141-72276 Photographer: Brenner.
Maj Gen Roy Geiger awarding Navy Cross to Col Cooley and Silver Star t...
Photo depicts MajGen Roy Geiger (2nd from right), Commanding General 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (1st MAW), awarding the Navy Cross to Colonel Al Cooley (far left) and the Silver Star to Master Technical Sergeant... More
Battle of Peleliu (Operation Stalemate), September-November 1944. - 12...
127-GW-741-106161: Battle of Peleliu (Operation Stalemate), September-November 1944. Litter Bearers of Bloody Nose Ridge. Four U.S. Marines display an expressive reaction to the 5th Division show, “Boondock B... More
Battle of Peleliu (Operation Stalemate), September-November 1944. - 12...
127-GW-741-95279: Battle of Peleliu (Operation Stalemate), September-November 1944. African-American Marines lying low on a typical beach scene moving forward. Photographed by Fitzgerald, September 15, 1944.... More
Battle of Peleliu (Operation Stalemate), September-November 1944. - 12...
127-GW-748-101643: Battle of Peleliu (Operation Stalemate), September-November 1944. A single washing machine, the first to be brought ashore on this recently captured island, does overtime duty at a Second Mar... More
Battle of Peleliu (Operation Stalemate), September-November 1944. - 12...
127-GW-741-106160: Battle of Peleliu (Operation Stalemate), September-November 1944. Litter Bearers of Bloody Nose Ridge. Four African-American Marines display an expressive reaction to the Fifth Marine Divisi... More
Bougainville in the Solomon Islands WWII - 80-G-207836 (27212743893)
80-G-207836: Marine position on front lines at Bougainville in the Solomon Islands. Halting for a short rest. In foreground is newly erected bridge over a gulley. Photograph released January 14, 1944. U... More
U.S. Marines activities, WWII - 80-G-216218 (30376040123)
80-G-216218: Battle of Eniwetok, February 1944. Three Marines crawl toward a Japanese dugout to knock out snipers during battles on Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshall Islands, while an American plane flies overhea... More
U.S. Marines activities, WWII - 80-G-49951 (25224712035)
80-G-49951: First Lieutenant John F. Kinney, USMC, (left), and First Lieutenant John A. McAllister, USMC, of the First Marine Battalion, relating their experiences following capture on Wake Island when it fell... More
Solomon Islands campaign, WWII - 80-G-54292 (27968443785)
80-G-54292: VMF-124, 1943. First Lieutenant Kenneth A. Walsh in an F4U-1. Walsh later received the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Solomon Islands area August 15 – 30, 1943. U.S. Navy photograph, ... More
U.S. Marines activities, WWII - 80-G-54305 (27355598564)
80-G-54305: Marine Attack Squadron Two Hundred and Fourteen - VMF 214 (Black Sheep Squadron) on Turtle Bay Fighter Strip, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, September 11, 1943. Giving instructions for flight. Not... More
U.S. Marines activities, WWII - 80-G-207839 (27212742803)
80-G-207839: Machine-gun bullets, outline grave of Marine paratrooper buried on the spot where he was killed on Hallzapoppin Ridge, Bougainville. Near the crude cross marking, the grave is a flag and rifle. ... More
26-G-2428 Normandy Invasion, June 1944
Mongolians in German service who were captured at Normandy. They are en route to an Allied prisoner of war camp, guarded by U.S. Coast Guardsmen and Marines. Photograph from the U.S. Coast Guard Collection in t... More
King discusses surrender. Japanese empire during World War Two.
Gen. King discusses surrender terms. Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire, during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
127-N-132769
Helldivers of VMSB-244 "Bombing Banshees" of the First Marine Air Wing, return from a strike in support of Army ground troops in the Davao area of Mindanao. Location: Mindanao, Philippines. Unit: 1st MAW / MAG-24
8-28-20 - 40mm on beach covering unloading beach
40mm antiaircraft gun from the United States Marine Corps' 2d Airdrome Battalion defending the LST offload at Nukufetau on August 28, 1943.
British Navy in WWII - 80-G-40760 (26920506964)
80-G-40760: Sergeant John H. Allen, USMC, tries a meal of concentrated rations during maneuvers in the British Isles. American “Leathernecks” and Royal Marines “toughen-up” together during intensive training ... More
British Navy in WWII - 80-G-40761 (27495409956)
80-G-40761: U.S. and Royal Marines during joint training in battle tactics in the British Isles. As a token of the good will existing between the two services, this Royal Marine (seated) agreed to “risk” his ... More
U.S. Marines activities, WWII - 80-G-49886 (25224739555)
80-G-49886: Battle of Okinawa, Japan, April-June 1945. Second Division Marines stormed ashore at Aguni Jima, 30 miles west of Okinawa, 9 June 1945. Shown: Amphibious tanks approach in formation at Aguni Ji... More
"First Negro Marines decorated by the famed Second Marine Division som...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
U.S. Marines activities, WWII - 80-G-54299 (27866797772)
80-G-54299: Marine Attack Squadron Two Hundred and Fourteen - VMF 214 (Black Sheep Squadron) on Turtle Bay Fighter Strip, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, September 11, 1943. Lieutenant Rolland W. Rinabager in t... More
USS Missouri Japanes surrender Marine guard company and Navy band
The surrender ceremony between Japan and the United States aboard USS Missouri (BB-63).
Resting on Peleliu Island
Picryl description: Public domain map of World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Battle of Peleliu (Operation Stalemate), September-November 1944. - 12...
127-GW-741-95845: Battle of Peleliu (Operation Stalemate), September-November 1944. Sailors and African-American Seabees unloading fuel from small landing craft at beach. Photographed by Fitzgerald, September... More
U.S. Marines activities, WWII - 80-G-216210 (30376041633)
80-G-216210: Battle of Eniwetok, February 1944. U.S. Marines who died from wounds received in the attack on Parry Island, Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands, being transferred from transport to amphibious trucks... More
Guadalcanal campaign. US Navy in WW2. 80-G-40750 (27529827595)
80-G-40750: By truck and afoot, U.S. Marines leave Guadalcanal after months of bitter fighting for that South-western Pacific Island. These men participated in the first landings and were among the last to le... More
Bougainville in the Solomon Islands WWII - 80-G-54387 (27968343915)
80-G-54387: Attack on Bougainville Island in the Solomon Islands by U.S. Troops. Camouflaged troops pass ammunition from an LCVP to the beach during the landing of U.S. Marines on the island, November 1, 194... More
Aboard a Coast Guard-manned transport somewhere in the Pacific, these ...
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Marine rifleman on Bougainville
A US Marine on Bougainville. USMC ID #: 63280
Solomon Islands campaign, WWII - 80-G-54293 (27354777523)
80-G-54293: VMF-124, 1943. First Lieutenant Kenneth A. Walsh in an F4U. Walsh later received the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Solomon Islands area August 15 – 30, 1943. U.S. Navy photograph, n... More
U.S. Marines activities, WWII - 80-G-54303 (27355602484)
80-G-54303: Marine Attack Squadron Two Hundred and Fourteen - VMF 214 (Black Sheep Squadron) on Turtle Bay Fighter Strip, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, September 11, 1943. Giving instructions for flight. Not... More
Lt. Gen. Holland M. Smith (right) USMC takes jeep tour of Saipan airfi...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Driver of Marine truck, New River, NC (cropped)
Driver of Marine truck, New River, N.C.
Mapcorregidor. Japanese empire during World War Two.
Português: Mapa de Corregidor Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire, during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bougainville Jungle, 1943, WWII - 80-G-207831 (27212187264)
80-G-207831: This highway, hacked through the heavy Bougainville jungle, was dedicated to Marine Major Glenn Fisssell, who gave his life in an effort to rescue a wounded enlisted man during “The Coconut Grove ... More
U.S. Marines activities, WWII - 80-G-54302 (27355606484)
80-G-54302: Marine Attack Squadron Two Hundred and Fourteen - VMF 214 (Black Sheep Squadron) on Turtle Bay Fighter Strip, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, September 11, 1943. Report after flight. Note Major Gre... More
U.S. Marines activities, WWII - 80-G-7234 (27397958850)
80-G-7234: Virgin Islands “Home Guard” being instructed by U.S. Marines on .22 cal. Range, March 1942. U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/06/14).
"Handling Negro Marine public relations at the Montford Point Camp her...
Public domain photograph of US government agency meeting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Guam amphib bn
This image is a work of a U.S. Navy soldier or employee, taken or made during the course of the person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.
Battle of Peleliu (Operation Stalemate), September-November 1944. - 12...
127-GW-741-96025: Battle of Peleliu (Operation Stalemate), September-November 1944. Admiral Cochran and party at First Division rear CP with Lieutenant Colonel J.W. Ross, Executive Officer. Photographed by Ga... More
Guadalcanal campaign. US Navy in WW2. 80-G-41861 (26907913346)
80-G-41861: Japanese landing barge, destroyed by fire from U.S. Marine half-tracks on Guadalcanal, Solomon Island. Photographed June 16, 1943. U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Ar... More
U.S. Marines activities, WWII - 80-G-44208 (30500917234)
80-G-44208: Private First Class George D. Fidler, (left), and Corporal Billy E. Linsley, (right), pile empty shell cases from anti-aircraft batteries of a Marine Corps Defense Battalion at a Marine base in the... More
"WANT ACTION^ JOIN U.S. MARINE CORPS" - NARA - 513532
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Guadalcanal-wounded1942
U.S. 5th Marines evacuate injured personnel during actions on Guadalcanal on November 1, 1942.
A Marine patrol with a Japanese prisoner on Guadalcanal. (49686158317)
A Marine patrol with a Japanese prisoner on Guadalcanal.
Glamour Gal
"Glamour Gal", a 105-mm howitzer that was the subject of the eponymous US propaganda film Glamour Gal (1945), and her crew
11-27-30 - 90mm Height finder at new 4th Btry position
An officer inspects a coincidence rangefinder belonging to the United States Marine Corps's 2d Airdrome Battalion on Nukufetau on 27 November 1943.
Battle of Peleliu (Operation Stalemate), September-November 1944. - 12...
127-GW-741-95221: Battle of Peleliu (Operation Stalemate), September-November 1944. Major General W. H. Rupertus, USMC, and Vice Admiral Cochrane, USN, and Colonel H.D. Harris, leave the Command Post after a c... More
U.S. Coast Guard activities, WWII - 80-G-234726 (25373443609)
80-G-234726: A weirdly camouflaged Marine and a Coast Guard crew member aboard an attack transport off Saipan, in the Marianas prior to the initial landings near Charon-Kanoa. Photograph released June 26, 1944... More
U.S. Marines activities, WWII - 80-G-54288 (27934134046)
80-G-54288: Marine Attack Squadron Two Hundred and Fourteen - VMF 214 (Black Sheep Squadron) on Turtle Bay Fighter Strip, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides. They are shown before leaving for Munda, with an F4U in... More
Solomon Islands campaign, WWII - 80-G-54294 (27354773293)
80-G-54294: VMF-124, 1943. First Lieutenant Kenneth A. Walsh with an F4U. Walsh later received the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Solomon Islands area August 15 – 30, 1943. U.S. Navy photograph,... More
127-GW-1113-68377
Marine move gas and oil drums away from fire caused by a direct hit by Japanese bombers on a gas and oil dump on Bougainville. Taken on Bougainville Island.
USMC M1 Carbine
Marine awaits signal to go ahead in battle to recapture Guam from Japs.
Battle of Peleliu (Operation Stalemate), September-November 1944. - 12...
127-GW-741-96817: Battle of Peleliu (Operation Stalemate), September-November 1944. African-American Marines take well needed rest from acting as stretcher bearers. Photographed by Wasden, September 1944. ... More
U.S. Marines activities, WWII - 80-G-54291 (27934123576)
80-G-54291: Marine Attack Squadron One Hundred Twenty Four - VMF-124, 1943. First Lieutenant Kenneth A. Walsh in an F4U. Walsh later received the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Solomon Islands area Aug... More
"Marines hit three feet of rough water as they leave their LST to take...
United States in World War Two Public domain photograph - United States military, propaganda free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
M4-Sherman-tank-by-US-Marines-and-Navy-Seabees-successfully-pass-throu...
A mine detonator built on a M4 Sherman tank by US Marines and Navy Saebees flails its way successfully through Japanese minefields and boobytraped roads. This anti-mine device built from scrap was designed, fa... More