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KandaSurrender. Public domain, Post-war Japan.

KandaSurrender. Public domain, Post-war Japan.

THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-09-08. LIEUTENANT GENERAL MASATANE KANDA, COMMANDER JAPANESE XVII ARMY, SIGNING THE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER AT II AUSTRALIAN CORPS HEADQUARTERS, TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, WITH BRI... More

93rd division bougainville 1944

93rd division bougainville 1944

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"Cautiously advancing through the jungle, while on patrol in Japanese territory off the Numa-Numa Trail, this member of - NARA - 531184

"Cautiously advancing through the jungle, while on patrol in Japanese ...

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"Cautiously advancing through the jungle, while on patrol in Japanese territory off the Numa-Numa Trail, this member... - NARA - 531184

"Cautiously advancing through the jungle, while on patrol in Japanese ...

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"Negro troops of the 24th Infantry, attached to the Americal Division, wait to advance behind a tank assault on the Jap( - NARA - 531254

"Negro troops of the 24th Infantry, attached to the Americal Division,...

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"Sgt. John C. Clark...and S-Sgt. Ford M. Shaw...(left to right) clean their rifles in bivouac area alongside the East We - NARA - 531404

"Sgt. John C. Clark...and S-Sgt. Ford M. Shaw...(left to right) clean ...

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"U.S. Marine `Raiders' and their dogs, which are used for scouting and running messages, starting off for the jungle fro - NARA - 532371

"U.S. Marine `Raiders' and their dogs, which are used for scouting and...

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In an underground surgery room, behind the front lines on Bougainville, an American Army doctor operates on a U.S.... - NARA - 531177

In an underground surgery room, behind the front lines on Bougainville...

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Tired member of VF-17 pauses under squadron scoreboard at Bougainville. - NARA - 520962

Tired member of VF-17 pauses under squadron scoreboard at Bougainville...

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U.S. Marine "Raiders" and their dogs, which are used for scouting and running messages, starting off for the jungle... - NARA - 532372

U.S. Marine "Raiders" and their dogs, which are used for scouting and ...

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U.S. troops go over the side of a Coast Guard manned combat transport to enter the landing barges at Empress Augusta... - NARA - 513194

U.S. troops go over the side of a Coast Guard manned combat transport ...

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StateLibQld 1 124170 Tennis match with the Australian forces stationed in Bougainville, 1944

StateLibQld 1 124170 Tennis match with the Australian forces stationed...

Tennis match with the Australian forces stationed in Bougainville, 1944

StateLibQld 2 185551 Unit of Japanese soldiers at surrender, Bougainville, 1945

StateLibQld 2 185551 Unit of Japanese soldiers at surrender, Bougainvi...

Unit of Japanese soldiers at surrender, Bougainville, 1945 Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire, during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description ... More

SBDs of VC-40 sortie from Piva uncle airfield 1944

SBDs of VC-40 sortie from Piva uncle airfield 1944

U.S. Navy Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless dive bombers assigned to Composite Squadron 40 (VC-40) pictured at Piva Uncle Airstrip, Torokina prior to taking off on strike against Talili Bay, Rabaul, on 6 April 1944. The ... More

Bougainville Marine 75 Mm - A group of men standing around a machine gun

Bougainville Marine 75 Mm - A group of men standing around a machine g...

U.S. Marines with 75 mm gun on Bougainville island. Public domain photograph of World War Two military equipment, vehicle, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

12th-marines-bougainville-75mm-howitzer-M1-1943

12th-marines-bougainville-75mm-howitzer-M1-1943

A 75mm pack howitzer of the 12th Marines, 3rd Marine Division, in a semi-fortified firing position on Bougainville late in 1943.

U.S. Soldiers at Bougainville (Solomon Islands) March 1944

U.S. Soldiers at Bougainville (Solomon Islands) March 1944

U.S. Army soldiers on Bougainville (one of the Solomon Islands) in World War II. Japanese forces tried infiltrating the U.S. lines at night; at dawn, the U.S. soldiers would clear them out. In this picture, in... More

Marines of VMF-222 on Bougainville relaxing in between strikes. - NARA - 520913

Marines of VMF-222 on Bougainville relaxing in between strikes. - NARA...

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SBD and F4Us at Bougainville in December 1943

SBD and F4Us at Bougainville in December 1943

The fighter strip at Torokina was hacked out of the Bougainville jungle. This December 1943 view shows a lineup of U.S. Marine Corps Vought F4U-1 Corsairs and a Douglas SBD Dauntless, which is completing its la... More

F4U-1 VMF-222 Bougainville 1944

F4U-1 VMF-222 Bougainville 1944

U.S. Marines of Marine fighter squadron VMF-222 Flying Deuces relaxing in between strikes on a Vought F4U-1 Corsair on Bougainville, Solomon Islands, in April 1944.

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127-N-71420

This Marine Corsair fighter plane zooms off the new fighter strip at Empress Augusta Bay on a raid to Rabaul. The pilot has not yet raised his landing gear. The camera catches him just as he is airborne. Uni... More

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127-N-76121

MARINE FIGHTER PLANES are among the first to get into action from the recently completed air strip on Green Island. Occupied February 15, the atoll is a connecting link between South and Southwest Pacific com... More

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127-N-71354

Corsair, F4U being refueled on the Tokorina Point Fighter Strip. Where Taken: Bougainville Unit: 3rd Marine Division

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127-N-80766

SENTINEL -- A lone guardian is this Marine mechanic as he sits in the shadow of a powerful Corsair fighter plane, resting in a coral revetment area at a Southwest Pacific Base. Location: Green Island. Unit: U... More

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127-N-77861

REMINISCENT OF A MAN FROM MARS is this Marine fighter pilot in the cockpit of his Corsair fighting plane. At high altitudes he fights with oxygen mask, cockpit cover closed. Location: Bougainville. Unit: 1st MAW

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127-N-74873

USMC Fighter Aircraft the F4U is parked on Tokorina Point Airstrip during the Bougainville Campaign. Location: Bougainville Unit: 3rd Marine Division

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127-N-76117

MARINE FIGHTER PILOTS ARRIVE at their newest base, the recently completed air strip on Green Island. They have made a temporary open-air ready room on the strip edge. In background are their powerful Corsair... More

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127-N-77840

WHEN ENEMY PLANES ARE REPORTED IN THE AREA Marine fighter pilots "scramble" to their Corsair fighter planes in this fashion. In the foreground one mechanic helps a pilot up on a wing, while another inserts a ... More

42 Bombardment Group - B-25 Mitchells

42 Bombardment Group - B-25 Mitchells

B-25 Mitchells from the 42d Bombardment fly over Bougainville from their base at Stirling Airfield, Stirling Island, Solomon Islands, 1944

Marine rifleman on Bougainville

Marine rifleman on Bougainville

A US Marine on Bougainville. USMC ID #: 63280

Aoba Esperance Japanese empire during World War Two.

Aoba Esperance Japanese empire during World War Two.

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Yamamoto's airplane crash. Japanese empire during World War Two.

Yamamoto's airplane crash. Japanese empire during World War Two.

The wreck of the Mitsubishi G4M1 Model 11 bomber which was shot down over Bougainville in April, 1943, killing Imperial Japanese Navy Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto.

Zuikaku fighter pilots at Buin April 1943

Zuikaku fighter pilots at Buin April 1943

Zero fighter pilots from the Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier Zuikaku prepare for a mission from Buin, Bougainville, Solomon Islands on April 7, 1943. The mission was to attack Allied aircraft and ship... More

Zuikaku Zero at Buin 1943. Japanese empire during World War Two.

Zuikaku Zero at Buin 1943. Japanese empire during World War Two.

A A6M Zero Model 22 from the Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier Zuikaku takes off from an airfield at Buin, Bougainville in early 1943 during operations against Allied forces.

Zuikaku Zeros at Buin 1943. Japanese empire during World War Two.

Zuikaku Zeros at Buin 1943. Japanese empire during World War Two.

A6M Zero Model 22 fighters from the Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier Zuikaku's airgroup at Buin, Bougainville in early 1943.

Bougainville Operation map - Public domain map

Bougainville Operation map - Public domain map

Map of Japanese troop movements on Bougainville during the fighting on the island between November 1943 and March 1944

Flame-throwing-tank-bouganville-RG-208-AA-158-L-001

Flame-throwing-tank-bouganville-RG-208-AA-158-L-001

U.S. Flamethrowing tank blasts Japanese on Bougainville. Flames sear a Japanese pillbox as an American soldier emerges from the turret of a flame-throwing tank during the American advance on Bougainville Islan... More