Marshalls
Invasion
Pictures
LEFT—A United States Mar
ine, foreground digs a foxhole on
Namur island in the Marshalls.
In the background is a shattered
Jap blockhouse.
BELOW—Under the watchful
eyes of armed guard* several Jap
prisoners captured on Kwajalein
island are put aboard a transpo t
for evacuation.
BOTTOM—This terrific ex
plosion was the Jap ammunition
dump on Bigej, in the Marshalls,
atoll north of Kwaialein. The
dump was blown up by low fly
ing fighter planes strafing ground!
positions
A fighter pilot lost his life as
he flew over the spot at the time
of the explosion
BELOW—Moving up on a Jap blockhouse on Namur, Marines seek out possible enemy snipers i
who might have survived the terrific assault. Stripped palm trees are evidence of the pounding.
BOTTOM—Marine Corp. Elmer R. Burkhalter of Buhl.Jdaho, destroys a Jap building on Namur !
with a flame thrower; the latter were very effectively used in the Kwajalein atoll.