Marines take cover behind a sea wall on Red Beach #3, Tarawa.   November 1943.  (Marine Corps)
Exact Date Shot Unknown
NARA FILE #:  127-GR-119-64002
WAR &amp; CONFLICT BOOK #:  1180

Marines at Tarawa

First flag on Guam on boat hook mast.  Two U.S. officers plant the American flag on Guam eight minutes after U.S. Marines and Army assault troops landed on the Central Pacific island on July 20, 1944. Batts. (Marine Corps)
NARA FILE #:  127-N-88073
WAR &amp; CONFLICT BOOK #:  1177

First Flag on Guam

US Marine in action at Peleliu Island, Palau Islands,  Ca.  September 1944. (Navy)
Exact Date Shot Unknown
NARA FILE #:  080-G-48358
WAR &amp; CONFLICT BOOK #:  1182