U.S. Navy crewmen clean a 20mm antiaircraft machine gun at Eniwetok atoll, Marshall Islands, 1944.
U.S. Marine landing craft heading for Eniwetok Atoll on 19 February 1944. The Marines would suffer over 1,000 casualties while the 3,500 garrison of Japanese Marines would be nearly wiped out in the week long battle.
The lowering of the caskets of four 22nd Marines who died of their wounds in the attack on Parry Island in the Eniwetok Atoll. 22nd February 1944.
Type 95 Ha-Go of the Japanese 1st Amphibious Brigade with its turret blown off by a USMC M4A2 Sherman on Eniwetok at the end of February 1944
US Marine Corps Private First Class Faris M. Tuohy drinking a cup of coffee aboard a ship off Eniwetok after two days of fighting, Marshall Islands, Feb 1944
Men of the 22nd Marines move inland from the beach on Parry Island, Eniwetok Atoll, and prepare to finish off any Japanese soldiers who may emerge from the blown up pillbox. February 22nd, 1944.
Four SBD-5 Dauntless bombers fly over the northern part of Eniwetok Atoll, February 18th 1944. Large island below is Engebi, captured on 17β18 February. Photographed from a USS Chenango (CVE-28) plane.
US Marine Corps Private First Class Faris M. Tuohy drinking a cup of coffee aboard a ship off Eniwetok after two days of fighting. Marshall Islands, Feb 1944.
US tank on Eniwetok Island, February 1944.
F4U-1A Corsairs of Marine Squadron VMF-113 over Eniwetok, Marshall Islands, 1944 reddit.com/gallery/o9260n
Serving ice cream to Marines on Engebi Island, Eniwetok Atoll, March 1944. It had been flown in by F6F fighters. Note TBM "Avenger" in background
February, 1944. U.S, Marine Corps Private Theodore James Miller photographed after stepping aboard Coast Guard transport after two days of combat in the Battle of Eniwetok. He died in battle a month later. (Photographer: Ray Platnick)
A US soldier directing bombers to their parking spaces on the Eniwetok airstrip, Marshall Islands. 1944.
Last known photo of Pvt T.J. Miller. He and and others fought for 2 constant days at the battle of eniwetok. Miller died about a month later in a firefight he was 19.
Feb. 1944, Pvt Theodore James Miller (2/12/1925 β 3/24/1944) from Minnesota returns to attack transport USS Arthur Middleton (APA-25) at 14:00 after two days of combat on Engebi, the first of the Eniwetok Atoll invaded by American forces. Miller died in a fire-fight at Ebon Atoll a month later.
U.S. Marine Corps Vought F4U-1 Corsairs of Marine Fighter Squadron 113 (VMF-113) on Engebi Island, Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands, in 1944. VMF-113 began operating from Engebi on 27 February 1944 as part of the 4th Base Defense Air Wing.
Pvt Theodore James Miller returns to the attack transport USS Arthur Middleton after two days of combat on Engebi, the first island of the Eniwetok Atoll to be invaded by American forces; February 1944. Miller died in a fire-fight at Ebon Atoll a month later. Miller was from Minnesota and was 19 yo
Battle of Eniwetok. 17 β 23 February 1944. US Marine LVT(A)-1 Alligator amphibious landing craft come ashore. (1387 x 962)
US Marine Corps Private First Class Faris M. Tuohy drinking a cup of coffee aboard a ship off Eniwetok after two days of fighting, Marshall Islands, Feb 1944
The bodies of three Americans are taken for burial after the Battle of Eniwetok, Marshall Islands; 17-Feb until 23-Feb 1944. The battle was fought by the 22nd Marine Regiment and the 106th Army Regiment to seize an airfield and harbor for future attacks on Tinian, Guam, and Saipan in the Marianas.
19-year-old Marine Corps Pvt. Theodore J. Miller returns to USS Arthur Middleton exhibiting the thousand-yard stare after two days of combat on Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Miller died in a fire-fight at Ebon Atoll a month later. 1944 [2160Γ1708]
[WWII] American troops sprinkles Japanese bunkers with gunfire, grenades and flamethrowers during the Battle of Eniwetok (February 1944) gfycat.com/politicalsamedβ¦
USS New Mexico's 14-inch projectiles on starboard deck forward while being replenished at Eniwetok, Marshall Islands 30 Jun 1944 prior to the invasion of Guam. Source: United States National Archives
USS New Mexico's 14-inch projectiles on starboard deck forward while being replenished at Eniwetok, Marshall Islands 30 Jun 1944 prior to the invasion of Guam. [4,535x5,742]
Marine from the 22nd Regiment receives blood plasma after being wounded during the Battle of Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshall Islands. The battle was fought from 17-February until 23-February-1944 and provided the US with an airfield and harbor facilities to attack the Mariana Islands later that year.
Marine from the 22nd Regiment receives blood plasma after being wounded during the Battle of Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshall Islands. The battle was fought from 17-February until 23-February-1944 and provided the US with an airfield and harbor facilities to attack the Mariana Islands later that year.
US Marine Corps Private First Class Faris M. Tuohy drinking a cup of coffee aboard a ship off Eniwetok after two days of fighting. Marshall Islands, Feb 1944.
Exhausted United States Marine Corps Private Theodore James Miller exhibits the βthousand yard stareβ after returning from 2 days of constant combat on Eniwetok Atoll, 1944. He would return to combat and be killed one month later. Iβll be paying my respects at his gravesite on Honolulu tomorrow.
Coast Guardsmen assist a battle-blackened Marine after two days of heaving fighting on Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands, February 1944
βThe Thousand Yard StareββUSMC Private Theodore J. Miller is helped aboard a ship after intense combat on Eniwetok Atoll. Miller was KIA a month later, 1944. [640x505]
US Marine being helped onto the deck of a Coast Guard ship after two days of battle on Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands. February 1944. (Original description and photo: US Coast Guard photograph #200-18)
Marine M4A2 Sherman with a hole blown in its side armor on Eniwetok in the Marshall Islands on March 1st 1944
Men of the US Marine Corps 22nd Regiment taking position on Eniwetok, Marshall Islands, 17-21 Feb 1944
Two Marine F4U-1A Corsairs No.56 "Sun Setter" and No.51 "Get 'em Bulldog" of VMF-113 in flight over Eniwetok, Marshall Islands, July 9, 1944.
True HERO- USMC Pfc Faris Tuohy holding a photo from 1944. Thatβs him on the left, holding a cup of coffee, after two days of battle on Eniwetok Atoll in 1944. Heβs 95 now.
US Marine being helped onto the deck of a Coast Guard ship after two days of intense battle on Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands, February 1944. (US Coast Guard photograph) [1640x2015]
US Marine being helped onto the deck of a Coast Guard ship after two days of battle on Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands. February 1944. (Original description and photo: US Coast Guard photograph #200-18)
Pvt. Theodore James Miller returns to the transport Arthur Middleton (APA-25) at 2 o,clock (or 14:00) after two days fighting on Engebi, Eniwetok. His face is covered with coral dust but his eyes exhibits the thousand-yard stare. February 20, 1944.
Battle weary Marines sit at a table drinking coffee on board a Coast Guard assault transport, after fighting to take Eniwetok Atollt, Marshall Islands, 1944.
βThe Thousand Yard StareββUSMC Private Theodore J. Miller is helped aboard a ship after intense combat on Eniwetok Atoll. Miller was KIA a month later.
TDIH: February 17, 1944, World War II: The Battle of Eniwetok begins: The battle ends in an American victory on February 22. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batβ¦
US Marine Corps Private First Class Faris M. Tuohy drinking a cup of coffee aboard a ship off Eniwetok after two days of fighting, Marshall Islands, Feb 1944
βThe Thousand Yard StareββUSMC Private Theodore J. Miller is helped aboard a ship after intense combat on Eniwetok Atoll. Miller was KIA a month later.
