U.S. Marines firing an M1919 Browning machine gun during the fighting on the island of Peleliu. In the foreground an other marine with a BAR (Browning Automatic Rifle M1918).

Island fighting

Dug in above one of the airfields, mortar men of the 21st regiment, 3rd batallion go to work to soften up the Japanese positions on Mount Suribachi; Iwo Jima, February 1945.

Marine mortar

A U.S. Marine with an M2-2 portable back-pack flamethrower, lights up on his pipe, while relaxing on the island of Iwo Jima.