U.S. Marines preparatory to embarkation for New Britain. Note, LST-18 in the background; January, 1944. 

Destined for Cape Gloucester, New Britain

“Nipper,” a Japanese sentry dog, who voluntarily joined the Marines on Cape Gloucester, poses with Marine Master Technical Sergeant George E. Ausman; Cape Gloucester, Island of New Britain, Territory of New Guinea, January 1944.

Sentry who joined the Marines

US Marines with sniffer dogs on Iwo Jima. The soldier in the foreground is armed with an Ithaca 37 pump-action shotgun; February 1945.