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Box 1

 Container

Contains 152 Results:

"American cemetery on one of the smaller islands that was untouched by the battle. The cemetery had its dedication after the battle by men from all branches of the division and others from the Navy and the Marine Corps. Kwajalein Island", 1944

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: 1-01-20
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The 209 photographs in the Doyle Rees photograph collection depict various battles from the Pacific Ocean campaign during World War II. These battles include those on Kwajalein Island, Saipan, Guam, Tinian, Tarawa Atoll, the attack on Pearl Harbor, and the Battle of Midway. The majority of the photos were taken by the Army Pictoral Service and include a brief synopsis of the photo on the back.

Dates: 1944

"Jap pillbox and debris left on the island after the troops had passed through on their mop up job. Nothing was left standing. 7th Division, U.S. Army. Kwajalein Island.", 1944

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: 1-01-21
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The 209 photographs in the Doyle Rees photograph collection depict various battles from the Pacific Ocean campaign during World War II. These battles include those on Kwajalein Island, Saipan, Guam, Tinian, Tarawa Atoll, the attack on Pearl Harbor, and the Battle of Midway. The majority of the photos were taken by the Army Pictoral Service and include a brief synopsis of the photo on the back.

Dates: 1944

"Lt. G. Roth, Signal Corps Photographer, examining a shell gun position. 7th Division, U.S. Army, Kwajalein Island", 1944

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: 1-01-22
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The 209 photographs in the Doyle Rees photograph collection depict various battles from the Pacific Ocean campaign during World War II. These battles include those on Kwajalein Island, Saipan, Guam, Tinian, Tarawa Atoll, the attack on Pearl Harbor, and the Battle of Midway. The majority of the photos were taken by the Army Pictoral Service and include a brief synopsis of the photo on the back.

Dates: 1944

"Men of the 184th Inf. fire mortars on the Japs. Kwajalein Island.", 1944

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: 1-01-23
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The 209 photographs in the Doyle Rees photograph collection depict various battles from the Pacific Ocean campaign during World War II. These battles include those on Kwajalein Island, Saipan, Guam, Tinian, Tarawa Atoll, the attack on Pearl Harbor, and the Battle of Midway. The majority of the photos were taken by the Army Pictoral Service and include a brief synopsis of the photo on the back.

Dates: 1944

"Saipan. A column of U.S. Army reinforcements move across coral reef after dismbarking from LST's in background", 1944

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: 1-02-01
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The 209 photographs in the Doyle Rees photograph collection depict various battles from the Pacific Ocean campaign during World War II. These battles include those on Kwajalein Island, Saipan, Guam, Tinian, Tarawa Atoll, the attack on Pearl Harbor, and the Battle of Midway. The majority of the photos were taken by the Army Pictoral Service and include a brief synopsis of the photo on the back.

Dates: 1944

"Saipan. A typical Chimorro man in the civilian internment camp", 1944

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: 1-02-02
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The 209 photographs in the Doyle Rees photograph collection depict various battles from the Pacific Ocean campaign during World War II. These battles include those on Kwajalein Island, Saipan, Guam, Tinian, Tarawa Atoll, the attack on Pearl Harbor, and the Battle of Midway. The majority of the photos were taken by the Army Pictoral Service and include a brief synopsis of the photo on the back.

Dates: 1944

"Saipan. In the distance are U.S. artillery hits on Jap positions on Mt. Tapochau", 1944

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: 1-02-03
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The 209 photographs in the Doyle Rees photograph collection depict various battles from the Pacific Ocean campaign during World War II. These battles include those on Kwajalein Island, Saipan, Guam, Tinian, Tarawa Atoll, the attack on Pearl Harbor, and the Battle of Midway. The majority of the photos were taken by the Army Pictoral Service and include a brief synopsis of the photo on the back.

Dates: 1944

"Corporal Angus Robertson, a Marine Corps Combat Photographer, took this dramatic picture of a Leatherneck falling (foreground), after being struck by red hot shrapnel from an exploding Jap mortar shell. Concussion from the exploding shell jarred Robertson as he snapped the photo. The Marines, of the Second Division, were pushing the retreating Japs across Saipan", 1944

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: 1-02-04
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The 209 photographs in the Doyle Rees photograph collection depict various battles from the Pacific Ocean campaign during World War II. These battles include those on Kwajalein Island, Saipan, Guam, Tinian, Tarawa Atoll, the attack on Pearl Harbor, and the Battle of Midway. The majority of the photos were taken by the Army Pictoral Service and include a brief synopsis of the photo on the back.

Dates: 1944

"Dead Japs of counter attack of July 6, 1944", 1944

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: 1-02-05
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The 209 photographs in the Doyle Rees photograph collection depict various battles from the Pacific Ocean campaign during World War II. These battles include those on Kwajalein Island, Saipan, Guam, Tinian, Tarawa Atoll, the attack on Pearl Harbor, and the Battle of Midway. The majority of the photos were taken by the Army Pictoral Service and include a brief synopsis of the photo on the back.

Dates: 1944

"After Saipan Island was secured, Marines found the body of Lt. Gen. Yoshige Saito, of the Imperial Japanese Army, in a cave above Tanapag, on the northern end of the Island. He is believed to have ordered the last "Banzai" charge by the Japs on July 7. Circumstances indicated that high ranking officer made an unsuccesssful attempt to commit hari kiri with a knife and had to have an aide finish the task. General Saito was given a funeral with full military honors in accordance with the Geneva Convention Code", 1944

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: 1-02-06
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The 209 photographs in the Doyle Rees photograph collection depict various battles from the Pacific Ocean campaign during World War II. These battles include those on Kwajalein Island, Saipan, Guam, Tinian, Tarawa Atoll, the attack on Pearl Harbor, and the Battle of Midway. The majority of the photos were taken by the Army Pictoral Service and include a brief synopsis of the photo on the back.

Dates: 1944