FIELDS & INSTALLATIONS: On the site of demolished Japanese installations these 7th AAF men pitch their tents and set up housekeeping . Using bomb-shattered materials these men make their temporary living quarters as comfortable as possible. There is little time for “House beautiful” while the battle goes on. Later streets will be laid out, mess tents erected and another air force town in the forward area will be operating. Palau Island Group, Caroline Islands.

LANDINGS: A half-track, carrying men of the 184th Engineer Aviation Battalion, wades through the surf between the LST 554 (Landing Ship Tank) and the beachhead on Angaur Island in the Caroline Islands. 25 September 1944.

MAINTENANCE: A member of a ground crew cleans the engine of a Consolidated B-24 “Liberator” of the 494th Bomb Group. In the background other ground crews repair engines in preparation for the next mission. Angaur Island, Caroline Islands. 8 December 1944.

METEOROLOGY: Cpl. Gerald Katz, 284 East 171st St., Bronx, New York, weather equipment technician in a 7th Air Force weather squadron, ascends battered palm tree to put finishing touches to anemometer (wind velocity and direction). Angaur Island, Caroline Islands, 12 October 1944.

OPERATIONS: Less than 24 hours after landing at this base on Angaur Island in the Caroline Islands, crews of the 864th Bomb Squadron, 494th Bomb Group, are briefed for their first bombing mission over Arakebesan in the Palau Islands. November 1944.

PERSONAL WELFARE: One in a series demonstrating different uses for G.I. helmets. Here Cpl. Peter DeBoer from Ellsworth, Minnesota, is shown washing an article of his clothing in a helmet. Angaur Island, Caroline Islands. 17 October 1944.

PERSONAL WELFARE: One in a series demonstrating different uses for G.I. helmets. Here Cpl. Peter DeBoer from Ellseworth, Minnesota,is shown placing personal articles in helmet to keep them dry and away from insects. Angaur, Caroline Islands. 17 October 1944.

RECREATION: On the beach at Angaur Island, Caroline Islands, a musical trio entertains officers who are relaxing between missions. L-R: Lt. R.F. Davis of San Francisco, California, navigator: Lt. C.T. Obrewski of Salem, Mass., bombardier; Barker; Croikshank; Henson; Lt. A.J. Massaura, Kalamazoo, Mich.; Lt. J.M. Frederick, Okmulgee, Okla.; Lt. Davis Nacci, Providence, R.I., bombardier. November 1944.

RECREATION: 7TH Air Force bomber crew members in home-made vessels line up for the start of the “Gas Tank Regatta,” off the beach that fringes their base on the Palau Islands, Caroline Islands. The “commodore” in the borrowed navy cap is Capt. Ed Sturm of Sacramento California, a pilot of the 864th Bomb Squadron, 494th Bomb Group; assisting him is F/O Charles R. Branson of Washington, D.C. Contestants are, left to right: Lt. R.H. Alshouse of Orlando, Florida; Lt. Vern B. Eyre of Rawlings, Wyoming; Lt. Floyd H. Bedwell of Fresno, California; Lt. Howell Copeland, Jr. Of Atlanta, Ga.; Lt. John M. Crawford of Ida Grove, Iowa; and Lt. Kenneth E. Clark of Miami, Fla. 1945.

RECREATION: Sgt. Stanley Kowalewski of Bridgeport, Connecticut, and Cpl. George O. Johnson of San Antonio, Texas, scan the notices posted on the bulletin board of the 864th Bomb Squadron, 494th Bomb group. The unit is based on Angaur Island, Caroline Islands. 24 October 1944.