US Navy Underwater Demolition Team explodes 8000 lbs of Tetrytol to clear way for the landings on Peleliu, Palau Islands, South Pacific Ocean; September, 1944.
Tetrytol is a high explosive, comprising a mixture of tetryl and TNT.

Underwater obstacles eliminated

A lonely Navy Hospital Corspsman writes a letter home. Picture taken on Utah Beach, Normandy, France; 11 June 1944.


Far from home

Admiral Chester William Nimitz (1885-1966), the Commander-in-Chief of the US Pacific Fleet, hero of naval victory at Midway Island, North Pacific Ocean; 1942. 