The Snapshots in Time Collection

Album Page of Six Wartime Snapshots -- Beachhead Wreckage, Naval Bombardment, Troop Formation, and Water Buffalo, Jack T. Kelley Album

Album Page of Six Wartime Snapshots -- Beachhead Wreckage, Naval Bombardment, Troop Formation, and Water Buffalo, Jack T. Kelley Album

This album page from the Jack T. Kelley collection groups six snapshots capturing different facets of a Pacific island campaign: the wreckage left on a beachhead after an amphibious assault, naval vessels laying down bombardment fire, a column of men passing a village checkpoint, and local water buffalo used for transport near palm groves. Together, the images reflect both the destructive combat and the encounters with rural island life experienced by American servicemen during World War II. Project: 218324