1st Division US Marines are resting at the stacked pyramids of M1903 Springfield rifles on the coast of Guadalcanal Island against the backdrop of US Navy ships; Solomon Islands, August 1942.



Need some rest from heavy fighting

Two American Marines survey the view from atop Mount Suribachi two days after the famous flag-raising took place in February 1945. 

All quiet down below now

US Marines advance through a burning village on Japanese-held Saipan, Mariana Islands, Pacific Ocean; June-July 1944.