An American soldier with a flamethrower fires at a Japanese field fortification on Saipan Island, Marianas; June 17, 1944.

Flamethrower in action

Soldiers of the 182nd Infantry Regiment of the US Army, awarded the Purple Heart medal after fighting for and getting wounded on the strategic location of Hill 260 on Bougainville Island, of the Solomon Islands group; 1944.
From left to right - Edward Monohan, William Joyce, and Daniel Ramsey.

Heroes with a Heart

American machine gunners, Ora Pace and Bill Smith (left) of the 83rd US Infantry Division, with a Browning M1917 machine gun on the streets of St. Malo, France; August 8, 1944.