Infantrymen fording a stream along a Munda trail in New Georgja in an advance against the enemy on 10 July 1943. The first man on the left is armed with a .30-caliber rifle Ml Garand; second man is armed with a .30-caliber rifle M1903. Strong enemy defenses, mud, dense jungle, and inaccurate maps all combined to slow the advance


Patrol in New Georgia

A 75mm M20 Recoilless Rifle during the battle for Okinawa, April-June 1945.

M20 Recoilless Rifle

A captured Japanese artillery gun is fired by an American soldier in the Admiralties. On 15 March, after the seizure of a few smaller islands in the Admiralties, troops landed on Manus. By the end of April most of the enemy in the Admiralties was overcome.