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U.S. General Vandegrift leads new attack on Japanese (Item)

Photograph of General Alexander A. Vandegrift, United States Marine Corps, on Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea, circa 1943.Typed caption glued to verso: "U.S. General Vandegrift leads new attack on Japanese. Lieutenant General Alexander A. Vandegrift, commander of the First U.S. Marine Amphibious Corps, directed the Allied force that landed on Bougainville, last major island base held by the…

[George T. Chandler oral history interview] (Item)

Fighter ace George T. Chandler discusses his military service with the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. He describes his experiences as a fighter pilot and his time with the 339th Fighter Squadron of the 347th Fighter Group in the South Pacific. Special focus on a combat mission on November 8, 1943 in which Chandler’s squadron provided air support for a beachhead invasion force…