Battle of Kwajalein

Men of the 7th Div. using flame throwers to smoke out Japanese soldiers from a block house on Kwajalein Island, while others wait with rifles ready in case soldiers come out. February 4, 1944. Cordray. (Army) NARA FILE #: iii-SC-212770 WAR & CONFLICT BOOK #: 1187

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Marines from the 24th Marine Regiment during the Battle of Roi Namur.

37mm-gun-Kwajalein

Radio Operators from 3rd Battalion, 24th Marines, under fire on Roi Namur, Pacific Islands, World War II.

7th Division men looking down at dead Japanese soldiers in a ditch on Kwajalein

7th Division troops board LSTs to leave Kwajalein, 4 February, 1944.

'W-CPA-44-108-AH. 2/1. Cordray. Marshallese natives being given food and medical treatment while awaiting transportation to Enilapkan Island. Kwajalein Island, 7th Div. U.S. Army.' Signal Corps Photograph. Photographer: Cordray. Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands. 1 February 1944

Japanese facilities on Roi and Namur Islands, Kwajalein Atoll, under attack by planes from Task Force 50, on 4 December 1943. The large hangar on Roi (at top) is burning, but over twenty intact G4M "Betty" bombers are parked on the Roi airfield, along with a number of fighters. Note pier, concrete blockhouse and other buildings on Namur, in the foreground.

Fourth Division Marines coming ashore under fire on Namur Island, Kwajalein Atoll, 1 February 1944. They are debarking from a LVT-2 amphibious tractor. In background is the collapsed "hammerhead" crane at the end of Namur's pier.

Fourth Division marines fighting on Namur Island, Kwajalein Atoll, on the first day of combat there, 1 February 1944. These men are preparing to rush a Japanese blockhouse, after throwing hand grenades.

Japanese machine gun and its crew, destroyed by a direct hit during fighting on Namur Island, Kwajalein Atoll, 1 February 1944. Note ammunition clips and carrying arrangement for this weapon.

Wounded marine receives blood plasma, during fighting on Namur Island, Kwajalein Atoll, 1 February 1944. His right arm appears to have been badly injured.

Dead Japanese soldier who had shot himself by pulling his rifle's trigger with his big toe. Taken on Kwajalein, 31 January 1944.

Namur Island, Kwajalein Atoll, photographed from a U.S. aircraft on 30 January 1944, before it was wrecked by pre-invasion bombardment. Note the many buildings and the pier (with a "hammerhead" crane) of the Japanese base there. Roi Island is in the far upper left. Virtually everything seen here was destroyed in the next few days.

View of Namur (left) and Roi Islands, with their connecting causeway, as U.S. Marines landed, 1 February 1944. Photographed from a USS Suwanee (CVE-27) plane.

22nd Regiment Marines fighting on Parry Island, Eniwetok Atoll, on 22-23 February 1944. Note .30 caliber machine gun at left

Marines and Coast Guardsmen proudly display a Japanese flag, picked up by one of them during the capture of Engebi Island, Eniwetok Atoll, 19 February 1944. Note bullet holes in the flag, and helmet camouflage on one marine.

Wrecked Japanese installation on an island of Rongelap Atoll, photographed from a U.S. Navy PB4Y-1 patrol bomber, 8 February 1944. Note line of bomb craters at left.

Three marines man a machine gun position near a Japanese dugout on one of the islands of Eniwetok Atoll, ready of knock out snipers, 18-22 February 1944. An SBD bomber is passing overhead.

Two marines take cover behind the body of a Japanese soldier, during fighting on Parry Island, Eniwetok Atoll, 22-23 February 1944. The helmet of a third marine is visible in the left center distance. Taken by a Coast Guard photographer, whose camera was later destroyed when he was blown into a foxhole by a Japanese mortar shell explosion.

Wrecked trucks and shattered trees litter Kwajalein, soon after its capture in February 1944.

Wrecked Japanese blockhouse on Kwajalein, soon after the Island's capture in February 1944.

Wrecked Japanese fuel dump and pier on Kwajalein, soon after the Island's capture in February 1944

A native woman is given medical attention by 7th Div. medics on Kwajalein Island. 3 February, 1944.

Aerial view of the invasion of Namur island, Kwajalein Atoll, on 1 February 1944.