AMERICA IN WWII - NEWS FOR TROOPS - ON THE SANDS OF GUAM

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AMERICA IN WWII - NEWS FOR TROOPS - ON THE SANDS OF GUAM

Post by Cipson » Tue Mar 13, 2012 11:06 am

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The war. The home front. The people

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Still a loosely chronological photo gallery of the Battle of the Philippine Sea, in wich our Brave Airmen and Sailors are engaged just in these hours.

ON THE SANDS OF GUAM
Notwithstanding the heavy losses the beaches of Guam are reached.

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Life Magazine cover 8-21-1944

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TORPEDO BOMBERS OF TASK FORCE 53'S escort carrier group fly over circling landing craft on the way toward the beach to give support on W-Day

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Jap Ire Class Battleship under American air attack.

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American aircraft wing damaged by AA fire. Below Jap Battleships.

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Japanese Bombers Betty in action

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Dramatic sequence showing the splashing down of a Jap seaplane


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Task Force 53 under attack

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Bombardment of Guam on 14 July 1944 before the invasion. Seen from USS New Mexico (BB-40). An amphibious force flagship (AGC), probably Task Force 53 flagship USS Appalachian (AGC-1), is at left. Other ships present include a DD-348 class destroyer (right center), an old fast transport (APD) and two landing craft, infantry (LCI).

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First flag on Guam on boat hook mast. Two U.S. officers plant the American flag on Guam eight minutes after U.S. Marines and Army assault troops landed on the Central Pacific island on July 20, 1944

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Marines land on coral reefs during U.S./Japanese warfare, Guam, Mariana Islands, Jul. 21, 1944. (AP Photo/Joe Rosenthal)

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First assault waves of Marines take cover prior to moving inland on Guam.

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Guam in the Mariana Islands in 1944

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Marines show their appreciation to the Coast Guard during the invasion of Guam


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Lt. Paul Dorsey a Marine Corps photographer attached to Comndr. Edward Steichen's Naval Aviation Photographic Unit is standing beside a wrecked Jap plane on Guam.


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A Japanese type 99 carrier dive bomber/D3A Val shot down by Naval gunfire lies in the water off Guam beach as Marines continue to stream ashore. Agat Beachhead


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Re: AMERICA IN WWII - NEWS FOR TROOPS - ON THE SANDS OF GUAM

Post by IAF_Phantom » Wed Mar 14, 2012 4:41 am

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Post by EAF51_Nepe » Wed Mar 14, 2012 12:11 pm

Great work, again. Thanks!
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