Navy Chaplain O. David Herrmann, of Omaha, Nebraska, attached to a Marine unit on Saipan, uses a destroyed Japanese tank for an altar as he holds services for the dead. Saipan, 24 June 1944.

Service for the dead

LCVP landing craft circling off Cape Torokina, Bougainville, Solomon Islands while awaiting orders, 1 Nov 1943; note 20mm Oerlikon AA gun; photographed from aboard APA-13 USS American Legion

Solomon Islands invasion

Marine First Sergeant Neil I. Shober, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, shares bananas with a native goat. Saipan, June/July 1944.