The Snapshots in Time Collection
Two U.S. Servicemen Beside Shattered Palm Stump, Kwajalein Atoll, WWII
Two American servicemen pose beside the shattered stump of a palm tree amid the wreckage of Kwajalein Atoll, 1944. The devastated landscape reflects the intensity of the pre-invasion naval and aerial bombardment that preceded the U.S. capture of the Marshall Islands during the Central Pacific campaign. Project: 218539