A US Marine takes 3 local little girls past an amphibious LVT-4 (Landing Vehicle Tracked) to a safe area; Okinawa, Japan, 1945.

No place for children

US Marines take up combat position on Tarawa atoll, Gilbert Islands group, Central Pacific; November, 1943. 


Going on the offensive

First wave of landing crafts with US Marines heading for the assault beaches of Iwo Jima. Mount Suribachi is in the view on the left, from which murderous Japanese fire awaits them; February 19, 1945.