Guadalcanal
Bodies of Japanese soldiers who tried to overrun US Marine positions on the island’s coast, lying half-buried in an Ilu River sandbar.
Location: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
Date taken: 1942
Japanese truck captured by US Marines being driven through a very wet, muddy « road » during first Allied offensive in the Pacific, the attack on Guadalcanal island.
Location: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
Date taken: August 1942