WORLD WAR
II IMAGES Department of the Navy photos from
National Archives and Records Administration
unless otherwise noted. Photographer named if known.
Coast Guardsman pays the ultimate price at his
battle station on the USS Menges (DE-320) in
the Mediterranean.
(PhoM1c Arthur Greene)
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Iwo Jima beachhead looking toward Mt. Suribachi.
February 1945
Fifth Marines break for religious services on Iwo Jima. (Sgt.
L. R. Burmeister)
Marines raise the flag on Mt. Suribachi, Iwo
Jima, February 23, 1945. (Joe
Rosenthal, AP)
The black sands of Iwo Jima with Mt. Suribachi in background.
February 1945.
U.S. Marines on Tarawa.
November 1943. (WO Obie
Newcomb Jr)
Tough going
for contested turf at Tarawa Atoll. November 1943.
Coast Guardsman pays the ultimate price at his
battle station on the USS Menges (DE-320) in
the Mediterranean.
(PhoM1c Arthur Greene)
Marines post appreciation to Coast Guard for the ride to the
beach. Guam 1944.
Coast Guard LST lands Marines during Cape
Gloucester, New Britain invasion. December 24, 1943. (PhoM1c
Don C. Hansen)
Coast Guard landing craft deliver the Army to
the beach during the invasion of Luzon. January 9, 1945.
(PhoM1c Ted Needham)
Marine PFC Douglas Lightheart (right) cradles
his 30-cal. machine gun while he and PFC Gerald Churchby take a
break on Peleliu Island. September 14, 1944. (Cpl.
H. H. Clements)
Marine amphibious landing on Tinian Atoll.
July 1944
Marine stretcher bearers on Peleliu September 1944. (Sgt
T. D. Barnett)
Navy Chaplain holds Mass for Marines on Saipan.
June 1944. (Sgt. Steele)
Shipboard brief for Tarawa invasion. November 1943.
Marine Raiders with K9 partners on
Bougainville. November/December 1943. (T.Sgt.
J. Sarno)
Motor Torpedo Boat off New Guinea.
Marine F4U "Corsair" rocket
attack during Battle for Okinawa, Japan. June
1945. (Lt Dave Duncan)
Coast Guardsman pays the ultimate price at his
battle station on the USS Menges (DE-320) in
the Mediterranean.
