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Invasion Armada Swarms upon Eniwetok

Date: 1944
Description: Original caption reads: "Coast guardsmen shuttle landing craft back and forth from the anchorage to the beach of Eniwetok Atoll, bringing in fighters and s...
Photograph

U.S. Marines Unload Equipment on Guam Beach

Date: 1944
Description: U.S. Marines unloading equipment and vehicles from supply ships at Guam beach. International M-5-H-65 trucks are in the background.
Photograph

U.S. Marines and TD-9 Diesel Crawler Tractors

Date: 1944
Description: Marine driving an International TD-9 diesel crawler tractor (TracTracTor) off of a landing craft at Cape Gloucester. The original caption reads: "When th...
Poster

Buy Extra Bonds for Liberation

Date: 1944
Description: Treasury Design No. 42, "Advancing Soldiers." The poster features a combat scene, with ships landing on shore, aircraft soaring along the horizon, and arme...
Poster

Your War Bonds in Action

Date: 1944
Description: Treasury Design No. 36, "Periscope." The poster features a Japanese battle ship under attack as seen through a periscope.
Poster

Let's All Back the Attack! - 4th War Loan

Date: 1944
Description: Treasury Design No. 33, "Periscope View - 4th War Loan." The poster features a Japanese battle ship under attack as seen through a periscope.
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Robert Doyle in a Transfer-At-Sea-Chair

Date: 1944
Description: A smiling Robert Doyle is transferred between two ships using a manila highline in a transfer-at-sea chair, also called a boatswain's chair. He is wearing ...

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