WWII- Marines- Japanese troops killed by Marines artillery fire. July 1944

WWII- Navy- Marine troops walking through devastated area

WWII- Navy- Marines advancing on Orote.

reef seen through shell hole in bldg.w/c had been painted outside”Danger”High explosives”keep clear”

MISCELLANEOUS: A native seated in a solid oak-wheeled cart pulled by a clumsy, patient oxen, stops to chat with a friend in front of St. Antonio Church in Agana. The church had been used as a vehicle repair station during the Japanese occupation of Guam, Marianas Islands. 18 November 1944.

MISCELLANEOUS: A native woman leaves the general merchandise store set up by Civil Affairs at the temporary camp at Agana, formerly a town of 11,000 people, on Guam, Marianas Islands. Unlike the natives on Saipan who were interned, the people on Guam were given complete freedom. 18 November 1944.

MISCELLANEOUS: Chamorro women weave thatching for sides of huts in Agat village, a camp established by Civil Affairs for natives of Agana, Guam, Marianas Islands, who were left homeless after the terrific aerial and naval bombardment of the town. 18 November 1944.

PRISONS & PRISONERS: Japanese, who no longer play the role of soldiers in their army, sit quietly in a Prisoner of War camp on Guam, Marianas Islands. 6 September 1945.

BOMBING: Agana, a town on Guam, Marianas Islands, was completely wrecked during aerial and naval bombardment. Not a single building was left untouched. This destruction, photographed on 18 November 1944, was typical of the ruins throughout the area.

BOMBING: A Coca Cola dispenser, a reminder of better days, lies among the wreckage at Agana, formerly a town of 11,000 people, on Guam, Marianas Islands. Not a building was left untouched during the heavy aerial and naval bombardment of the Japanese -held town. 25 October 1944.