Marine Colonel David Shoup's command post on Red Beach 2,Tarawa.

Marine Command Post

USS Block Island CVE 106 - F6F-5N Night Hellcat May 1945
USS Block Island (CVE 106). A Grumman F6F-5N "Night Hellcat” prepares for a catapult launch during operations in the Nansei Shoto region, circa May 1945. The plane is dubbed “Hanger Queen”. Note Flight Deck Officer giving “Go” signal, sailrs on island watching the evolution details of the island itself.

U.S. Marine Corps photograph, USMC 1218532.


US Marine views a wrecked, burned-out Japanese gun following the taking of Tinian.  Given the mess, I would have found it difficult enough to work out what sort of gun it was, exactly.  However, as the original caption indicates that it is a "25mm Naval model machine cannon", and as the appearance seems to fit, the weapon is almost certainly a Type 96 25mm anti-aircraft/antitank automatic cannon (whether the single or dual-barrel version I am really not sure, given the damage).  Best regards, JR.