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.

Captured Gun

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

American soldiers come ashore near Salerno, Italy on board the LCI-220.
Photo appeared on the cover of Life magazine on March 27, 1944.