The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: Part 5
Images from the 312th Bombardment Group document the unit's November 1944 redeployment from New Guinea to the Philippines, from beach staging areas and packed LST decks to the tented headquarters camp and open-air theater on Luzon. Portraits of local islanders and a low-level strike on the Boela oil facilities round out this record of Fifth Air Force life in the Southwest Pacific.
312th Bombardment Group Convoy Staging on Beach, New Guinea to Philippines, November 1944
Supply Crate Stockpile with Serviceman, 312th Bombardment Group Staging Area, November 1944
312th Bombardment Group Servicemen Playing Cards Under Tent at Night, November 1944
Servicemen Writing Letters on Cots at Night, 312th Bombardment Group, November 1944
Camp Washstand and Jeep Scene, 312th Bombardment Group, November 1944
Servicemen Amid Stowed Gear Inside Truck Bed at Night, 312th Bombardment Group, November 1944
Servicemen Bathing in Surf Near War-Damaged Encampment, 312th Bombardment Group, November 1944
Beach Logistics and LST Unloading Operation, 312th Bombardment Group, November 1944
LST Deck Packed with Vehicles En Route to the Philippines, November 1944
LST-1015 Unloading Troops and Sandbags, 312th Bombardment Group, November 1944
Elevated View of Packed LST Deck Underway, 312th Bombardment Group Convoy, November 1944
Servicemen Swimming Near Beached LST-606, 312th Bombardment Group, November 1944
View of Shattered Palm Grove and Beach Encampment from LST Deck, November 1944
Servicemen Loading Heavy Crate onto Truck at Night, 312th Bombardment Group, November 1944
312th Bombardment Group Chapel, Philippine Islands, 20 January 1945
Bulldozers Grading Beach Exit Road Beside LST-1015, November 1944
Dump Truck Unloading Supply Crates at Muddy Depot, 312th Bombardment Group, November 1944
312th Bombardment Group Headquarters Camp Area, Philippine Islands, 20 January 1945
312th Bombardment Group Headquarters Camp Street, Philippine Islands, 20 January 1945
312th Bombardment Group Outdoor Theater, Philippine Islands, 20 January 1945
386th Bombardment Squadron Mess Hall Interior, 1 August 1944
312th Bombardment Group Headquarters Building, Philippine Islands, 20 January 1945
Local Islander Man with Bamboo Implements and Woven Bag, Southwest Pacific Area, World War II Era
Local Islander Man Smoking, Southwest Pacific Area, World War II Era
312th Bombardment Group Strike on Boela Oil Facilities, Ceram (Seram) Island, Netherlands East Indies
Local New Guinean Men at U.S. Airfield, Southwest Pacific Area, World War II Era
Local New Guinean Boys and Young Men Beside U.S. Transport Aircraft, World War II Era
