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
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"Cautiously advancing through the jungle, while on patrol in Japanese ...
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"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,...
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"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...
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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...
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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 ...
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Tennis match with the Australian forces stationed in Bougainville, 1944
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
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 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
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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. 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...
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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
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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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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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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Corsair, F4U being refueled on the Tokorina Point Fighter Strip. Where Taken: Bougainville Unit: 3rd Marine Division
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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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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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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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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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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
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
A US Marine on Bougainville. USMC ID #: 63280
Aoba Esperance Japanese empire during World War Two.
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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
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.
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.
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
Map of Japanese troop movements on Bougainville during the fighting on the island between November 1943 and March 1944
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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