A fighter of the 1st Marine Division makes his way through swamp water on Cape Gloucester, on the northern side of the far west part of the island of New Britain, Papua New Guinea; January 1944.


Battle for Hill 660

US Marine examines his boots while sitting on an unexploded 406-mm (16 in.) shell of the main caliber of one of the American battleships that provided fire support for the American landing on Saipan.



Tired feet

Marines move a 105 mm M2A1 howitzer through mud on Cape Gloucester, on the northern side of the far west part of the island of New Britain, Papua New Guinea; January 1944.
