This meeting was called the Pacific Strategy Conference, Roosevelt favored General MacArthur's decision to reoccupy the Philippines and exposed Japan's air forces to severe attack. 29 photos documents this important historical event in Hawaii, FDR, MacArthur and Nimitz shaking hands and in the midst of war strategy planning. On July 26, 1944, the year that President Franklin Roosevelt made his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention, he met with General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Nimitz in Hawaii to settle the dispute on the advancement of the South and Central Pacific.
Some bare tattoos custom to their culture.
Photos in the South Pacific show various natives in their traditional dress such as grass skirts, beaded necklaces, and headdresses. Some more morbid shots show devastated buildings and victims of war on both the side of the Japanese and the Americans. These images depict behind the scene images of soldiers mid-fire in battle with the Japanese, hiding out in foxholes, marching through tropical marshes, stationed on base and in lookout towers, geared up on beaches,and inside tankers and ships. Some official photos from the Marine Corps, with printed captions "Marines take cover in invasion of Tarawa", "Actual landing operations on South Sea Island", "Two rear gunners in Guadalcanal bomb shelter". Marines in native villages and towns of Namur Island, Peleliu, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tawara, Cape Gloucester, Saipan, North Africa, and even Alaska. The Amphibious Corps, Atlantic Fleet, consisted of the 1st Infantry Division and the 1st Marine Division, while the Amphibious Corps, Pacific Fleet, consisted of the 3rd Infantry Division and the 2nd Marine Division. Includes 364 black and white silver gelatin photographs plus 21 real photo postcards. ships, life of local natives in the South Pacific and North Africa, soldiers with their family, and scenic images from each place. Some featured photos include candid photos of President Franklin Roosevelt, General MacArthur, and Admiral Nimitz and many Official Marine Corps mid-battle press photos of The Pacific and European Theater, U.S. Marine Corps in W.W.II Extensive photo Album of 385 photos spanning the world in Japan, the South Pacific, North Africa, the Mediterranean, and Greenland.
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