Pacific War Collection

Pacific Theater, B-29's lined up at Clark Field, March 1946
3036348 Pacific Theater, B-29's lined up at Clark Field, March 1946; Private Collection; (add.info.: From a series of photographs taken at Clark Air Base, Luzon Island, Philippines)

Pacific Theater, B-25 nose art [Ruff-n-Reddy] March 1946, Clark Field
3036219 Pacific Theater, B-25 nose art [Ruff-n-Reddy] March 1946, Clark Field ; Private Collection; (add.info.: From a series of photographs taken at Clark Air Base, Luzon Island, Philippines)

Pacific Theater, P-38 nose art [Miss Peggy] March 1946
3036218 Pacific Theater, P-38 nose art [Miss Peggy] March 1946, ; Private Collection; (add.info.: From a series of photographs taken at Clark Air Base, Luzon Island, Philippines)

Pacific Theater, B-29 at Clark Field, Manila - March 1946
3036434 Pacific Theater, B-29 at Clark Field, Manila - March 1946; Private Collection; (add.info.: From a series of photographs taken at Clark Air Base, Luzon Island, Philippines)

Pacific Theater, Nose art [Nosie Rosie] April 1946, Clark Field
3036156 Pacific Theater, Nose art [Nosie Rosie] April 1946, Clark Field.; Private Collection; (add.info.: From a series of photographs taken at Clark Air Base, Luzon Island, Philippines)

Pacific Theater, Mesquito at Clark Field, March 1946
3036352 Pacific Theater, Mesquito at Clark Field, March 1946; Private Collection; (add.info.: From a series of photographs taken at Clark Air Base, Luzon Island, Philippines)

Pacific Theater, Nose Art [ French Kiss] April 1946 Manila - Clark Field
3036262 Pacific Theater, Nose Art [ French Kiss] April 1946 Manila - Clark Field; Private Collection; (add.info.: From a series of photographs taken at Clark Air Base, Luzon Island, Philippines)

Pacific Theater, B-24 Pool, Clark Field - Manila, April 1946
3036404 Pacific Theater, B-24 Pool, Clark Field - Manila, April 1946; Private Collection; (add.info.: From a series of photographs taken at Clark Air Base, Luzon Island, Philippines)

Pacific Theater, B-29's at Clark Field, March 1946
3036155 Pacific Theater, B-29's at Clark Field, March 1946; Private Collection; (add.info.: From a series of photographs taken at Clark Air Base, Luzon Island, Philippines)

Pacific Theater, B-25 nose art [Stateside Dream] March 1946 (b/w photo)
3036154 Pacific Theater, B-25 nose art [Stateside Dream] March 1946 (b/w photo) ; Private Collection; (add.info.: B-25 nose art [Stateside Dream] March 1946)

Pacific Theater B-25 nose art, in Clark Pool, March 1946 Luzon-Manila
3036798 Pacific Theater B-25 nose art, in Clark Pool, March 1946 Luzon-Manila ; Private Collection; (add.info.: From a series of photographs taken at Clark Air Base, Luzon Island, Philippines)

Pacific Theater, Australian Mesquitoes at Clark Field, March 1946
3036523 Pacific Theater, Australian Mesquitoes at Clark Field, March 1946; Private Collection; (add.info.: From a series of photographs taken at Clark Air Base, Luzon Island, Philippines)

Pacific Theater, B-25 Mitchell Bomber, Jan. 1946 Manila - Clark Field
3036507 Pacific Theater, B-25 Mitchell Bomber, Jan. 1946 Manila - Clark Field; Private Collection; (add.info.: From a series of photographs taken at Clark Air Base, Luzon Island, Philippines)

Pacific Theater, P-38 Line at Clark Field Luzon, May 1946
3036495 Pacific Theater, P-38 Line at Clark Field Luzon, May 1946 ; Private Collection; (add.info.: From a series of photographs taken at Clark Air Base, Luzon Island, Philippines, 1945-1946)

Pacific Theater, A-20's at Clark Field, April 1946
3036221 Pacific Theater, A-20's at Clark Field, April 1946; Private Collection; (add.info.: From a series of photographs taken at Clark Air Base, Luzon Island, Philippines)

Pacific Theater, Fighter Planes Over Clark Air Base
3036160 Pacific Theater, Fighter Planes Over Clark Air Base; Private Collection; (add.info.: From a series of photographs taken at Clark Air Base, Luzon Island, Philippines)

Pacific Theater, Helicopter at Clark Field, April 1946
3036158 Pacific Theater, Helicopter at Clark Field, April 1946; Private Collection; (add.info.: From a series of photographs taken at Clark Air Base, Luzon Island, Philippines)

Pacific Theater, C-46's at Clark Field, Manila - April 1946
3036157 Pacific Theater, C-46's at Clark Field, Manila - April 1946; Private Collection; (add.info.: From a series of photographs taken at Clark Air Base, Luzon Island, Philippines)

Pacific Theater, - Rear view of an A-26, Luzon March 1946
3036515 Pacific Theater, - Rear view of an A-26, Luzon March 1946 ; Private Collection; (add.info.: From a series of photographs taken at Clark Air Base, Luzon Island, Philippines, 1945-1946)

Pacific Theater, Nose art [Chute the Works] April 18, 1946
3036493 Pacific Theater, Nose art [Chute the Works] April 18, 1946; Private Collection; (add.info.: From a series of photographs taken at Clark Air Base, Luzon Island, Philippines)

Pacific Theater B-25 [Wolf Bait] nose art, March 1946, Clark Field
3036380 Pacific Theater B-25 [Wolf Bait] nose art, March 1946, Clark Field ; Private Collection; (add.info.: B-25 [Wolf Bait] nose art, March 1946, Clark Field)

Pacific Theater, Nose art [Golden Gate or Bust] March 1946, Clark Field
3036329 Pacific Theater, Nose art [Golden Gate or Bust] March 1946, Clark Field; Private Collection; (add.info.: From a series of photographs taken at Clark Air Base, Luzon Island, Philippines)

Pacific Theater, Capt.W.R.Brodine's plane [Queen O'Hearts] April 1946, Clark Field
3036799 Pacific Theater, Capt.W.R.Brodine's plane [Queen O'Hearts] April 1946, Clark Field; Private Collection; (add.info.: From a series of photographs taken at Clark Air Base, Luzon Island)

Pacific Theater, Gen.Wordsmith's B-17 [Ready Teddy] March 1946, Clark Field
3036484 Pacific Theater, Gen.Wordsmith's B-17 [Ready Teddy] March 1946, Clark Field ; (add.info.: From a series of photographs taken at Clark Air Base, Luzon Island, Philippines, 1945-1946)

Pacific Theater, Nose art [Rice Pattie Hattie] April 18, 1946
3036168 Pacific Theater, Nose art [Rice Pattie Hattie] April 18, 1946; Private Collection; (add.info.: From a series of photographs taken at Clark Air Base, Luzon Island, Philippines)

Pacific Theater, Bombers at Clark Field, Manila 1946
3036502 Pacific Theater, Bombers at Clark Field, Manila 1946 ; Private Collection; (add.info.: From a series of photographs taken at Clark Air Base, Luzon Island, Philippines, 1945-1946)

Pacific Theater, Nose art April 1946, Clark Field
3036501 Pacific Theater, Nose art April 1946, Clark Field; Private Collection; (add.info.: From a series of photographs taken at Clark Air Base, Luzon Island, Philippines)

Pacific Theater, Nose art [Glamoura's] April 1946, Clark Field
3036491 Pacific Theater, Nose art [Glamoura's] April 1946, Clark Field; Private Collection; (add.info.: From a series of photographs taken at Clark Air Base, Luzon Island, Philippines)

Pacific Theater, Nose art [Cutie Connie], P-38 Lightning, 1946, Clark Field
3036430 Pacific Theater, Nose art [Cutie Connie], P-38 Lightning, 1946, Clark Field ; Private Collection; (add.info.: From a series of photographs taken at Clark Air Base, Luzon Island, Philippines)

Pacific Theater, Nose art [Who Dunit the 2nd] April 1946
3036419 Pacific Theater, Nose art [Who Dunit the 2nd] April 1946; Private Collection; (add.info.: From a series of photographs taken at Clark Air Base, Luzon Island, Philippines)

Pacific Theater, B-24's lined up in Clark Field Pool, Manila - May 1946
3036351 Pacific Theater, B-24's lined up in Clark Field Pool, Manila - May 1946 ; Private Collection; (add.info.: From a series of photographs taken at Clark Air Base, Luzon Island, Philippines)

Pacific Theater, Nose art [Herassing Agent] April 1946, Clark Field
3036220 Pacific Theater, Nose art [Herassing Agent] April 1946, Clark Field; Private Collection; (add.info.: From a series of photographs taken at Clark Air Base, Luzon Island, Philippines)

Pacific Theater, British Bomber at Clark Field, Jan 1946 Manila
3036216 Pacific Theater, British Bomber at Clark Field, Jan 1946 Manila; Private Collection; (add.info.: From a series of photographs taken at Clark Air Base, Luzon Island, Philippines)

Pacific Theater, B-17 Flying Dutchman [Juke Box] Jan. 1946 Manila, Clark Field
3036169 Pacific Theater, B-17 Flying Dutchman [Juke Box] Jan. 1946 Manila, Clark Field ; Private Collection; (add.info.: From a series of photographs taken at Clark Air Base, Luzon Island)

Pacific Theater, Nose art [Hi-Priority Stuff] April 1946
3036153 Pacific Theater, Nose art [Hi-Priority Stuff] April 1946, ; Private Collection; (add.info.: From a series of photographs taken at Clark Air Base, Luzon Island, Philippines)

Pacific Theater, Headquarters - Fort Stotsenberg, 13th Air Force Jan. 1946
3036416 Pacific Theater, Headquarters - Fort Stotsenberg, 13th Air Force Jan. 1946; Private Collection; (add.info.: From a series of photographs taken at Clark Air Base, Luzon Island, Philippines)

Pacific Theater, C-87 at Clark Field, Luzon - May 1946
3036159 Pacific Theater, C-87 at Clark Field, Luzon - May 1946; Private Collection; (add.info.: From a series of photographs taken at Clark Air Base, Luzon Island, Philippines)

Pacific Theater, C-47 warming up, Jan. 1946 Manila - Clark Field
3036152 Pacific Theater, C-47 warming up, Jan. 1946 Manila - Clark Field; Private Collection; (add.info.: World War II, Pacific Theater, C-47 warming up, Jan. 1946 Manila - Clark Field)

Pacific Theater, Nose art [the Defenseless Virgin Mary] April 1946
3036330 Pacific Theater, Nose art [the Defenseless Virgin Mary] April 1946; Private Collection; (add.info.: From a series of photographs taken at Clark Air Base, Luzon Island, Philippines)

Pacific Theater, Base Transient Camp sign, 301st Airdrome May 1946
3036433 Pacific Theater, Base Transient Camp sign, 301st Airdrome May 1946; Private Collection; (add.info.: From a series of photographs taken at Clark Air Base, Luzon Island, Philippines)

Pacific Theater, January 1946 Manilla - Clark Field
3036167 Pacific Theater, January 1946 Manilla - Clark Field ; Private Collection; (add.info.: From a series of photographs taken at Clark Air Base, Luzon Island, Philippines)

The Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima which commemorates the 1945 dropping of the first atomic bomb.. The bomb known as " Little Boy" exploded with the force of thirteen kilotons

The nuclear mushroom cloud rising over the Japanese city of Nagasaki following the dropping of the plutonium implosion bomb codenamed Fat Man on the city on the 9th August 1945

WW2 South East Asia Burma Pinbaw battle 1944 Soldiers from the 1st Royal Scots Fusiliers with the 14th Army fight on the approaches to Pinbaw a Japanese village which eventually fell to the allied

General Terauchi (chromolitho)
810818 General Terauchi (chromolitho) by Japanese Photographer (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: General Terauchi.); Look and Learn / Elgar Collection; Japanese, out of copyright

Hangers on Kure Airfield on Kyushu, southernmost of the islands of Japan, burn during an attack by American Navy and marine carrier based planes

US Signalman directs landing ships off Okinawa Beach. A US Navy Signalman, a flag in each hand waves a message to LSTs (landing ship)

The Childrens Peace Monument in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park which commemorates the children who died as a result of the 1dropping of the first atomic bomb on the city in 1945.The bomb known as

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"The Pacific War: A Legacy of Destruction and Hope" The Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima stands as a solemn reminder, commemorating the fateful day in 1945 when the first atomic bomb was dropped. It serves as a symbol of remembrance for the lives lost and the devastating consequences of war. In South East Asia, amidst the turmoil of World War II, brave soldiers from the 1st Royal Scots fought valiantly in the Burma Pinbaw battle of 1944. Their courage and sacrifice are forever etched into history. General Terauchi, depicted in a chromolitho portrait, played a significant role during this tumultuous time. His leadership shaped events that would alter the course of history forever. At Kure Airfield on Kyushu, one can still witness remnants of hangers that once housed aircraft preparing for battle. These structures bear witness to Japan's southernmost islands' strategic importance during wartime. Off Okinawa Beach, an iconic image captures a US Navy Signalman directing landing ships with precision and determination. This snapshot encapsulates both bravery and resilience displayed by American forces during their Pacific campaign. The Children's Peace Monument within Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park is dedicated to innocent lives lost due to war's horrors. It serves as a poignant reminder that peace should always be pursued above all else. Another memorial within this park pays tribute to mobilized students who were tragically caught up in conflict. The Memorial Tower stands tall as an everlasting testament to their sacrifices made far too soon. The Atomic Bomb Dome (formerly known as Prefectural Industrial Exhibition Hall) remains standing today—a haunting relic frozen in time—representing both destruction and resilience simultaneously witnessed on that tragic day in Hiroshima. A captured Japanese medium bomber named Sally provides tangible evidence of technological advancements made during wartime operations under cover darkness—an eerie reminder of relentless battles fought throughout the Pacific theater at nightfall. The sheer scale of destruction caused by the atomic bomb is unimaginable.