Aug. 29, 1942:  After landing in force, U.S. Marines pause on the beach of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands before advancing inland against the Japanese during World War II.


Beach of Guadalcanal 

A wounded marine is given medical care in the midst of battle in February 1945

On the black sands of Iwo Jima

Aug. 1942:  U.S. Marines, with full battle kits, charge ashore on Guadalcanal Island from a landing barge during the early phase of the U.S. offensive in the Solomon Islands during World War II.
