Resource Type

[Aerial View of Work Convoy]

Aerial photograph of work convoy in an unknown location on a dirt road surrounded by trees, a water way on the left side with two bridges.
Date: [1944,1945]
Creator: Maceiras, Richard P.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Rows of Tents in an Encampment ]

Photograph of servicemen spending time at their encampment. Rows of tents can be seen in an open field with groups of men standing or sitting beside them.
Date: [1944..1945]
Creator: Maceiras, Richard P.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Basketball Game In Quonset Hut]

Photograph of servicemen playing basketball in a Quonset hut. The men are wearing shorts and some are wearing t-shirts or tank tops. A group of men is on the left with two of them suspended in the air with the basketball, and two men are on the right side. The photograph focuses on the game in action. Service members can be seen sitting along the walls of the hut observing the game.
Date: [1944..1945]
Creator: Maceiras, Richard P.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Servicemen Playing Basketball In A Quonset Hut]

Photograph of servicemen playing basketball in a Quonset hut. Servicemen line the walls on the sides of the hut observing the game in the center. The perspective of the photo of the outside of the hut looking inside.
Date: [1944..1945]
Creator: Maceiras, Richard P.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Engineers Preparing Dynamite]

Photograph of two engineers preparing dynamite over some rocks in an unknown location. In the center of the photo, an engineer is crouching down and wrapping a coil around a dynamite sticks. Other sticks on lying on top of a large rock.
Date: [1944..1945]
Creator: Maceiras, Richard P.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Servicemen Marching Down a Road]

Photograph of servicemen marching down a dirt road through a field in an unknown location. The officers are in front, followed by men with military drums and then the rest of the servicemen. The parade is viewed from a distance off to the side of the road.
Date: [1944..1945]
Creator: Maceiras, Richard P.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Servicemen Offloading a Truck from a Higgins Boat Onshore]

Photograph of servicemen offloading a truck from a LCVP (Higgins boat) onshore in an unknown location. Two men are on the Higgins boat, two on top of the truck and one stands on the beach by the ramp on the left. Three men are also standing on the right side of truck on the beach. A body of water can be seen in the background.
Date: [1944..1945]
Creator: Maceiras, Richard P.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Servicemen Securing Company Flag to a Pole]

Photograph of two servicemen securing a swallowtail flag representing the 1894th Aviation Engineer Battalion, Company B to a flagpole in an unknown field. The serviceman on the left holds the pole under his arm while the serviceman on the right secures the flag to the top of the pole. The flag has an image of a fort in the center with "1894" written above and "B" below.
Date: [1944..1945]
Creator: Maceiras, Richard P.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Servicemen Offloading Supplies Onshore]

Photograph of servicemen in the distance offloading supplies from multiple LCVPs (Higgins boats) onshore in an unknown location. The photo shows the perspective of the shore from the water with mountains behind the beach and a cloudy sky above.
Date: [1944..1945]
Creator: Maceiras, Richard P.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Servicemen Offloading Truck On Beach]

Photograph of servicemen offloading a truck from a LCVP (Higgins boat) onto a beach. Two men sit atop the truck, one stands by the ramp coming off the truck on the left and another stands on the right in front of the truck.
Date: [1944,1945]
Creator: Maceiras, Richard P.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Engineers Clearing Field with Equipment]

Photograph of two engineers sitting inside a machine clearing field in unknown location. The number 7 is displayed on the back of the machine.
Date: [1944,1945]
Creator: Maceiras, Richard P.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Nurses and Wounded Soldiers Trim a Christmas Tree]

Photograph of wounded soldiers and Red Cross nurses decorate and trim a small Christmas tree at Fleet Hospital in New Caledonia. Two soldiers sit on each bed with the small Christmas Tree propped up between them with a nurse on either side.
Date: December 23, 1944
Creator: United States. Navy
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Wounded Soldiers in Beds at Fleet Hospital]

Photograph of five soldiers lying in sick beds at Fleet Hospital 107, Ward 3, in Noumea, New Caledonia. Pictured on the left at the end the row of beds stands a man and women in service uniforms.
Date: [1944..1945]
Creator: United States. Navy
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Red Cross Staff Sit in Front of Fleet Hospital]

Photograph of women on the Red Cross Staff in front of the Fleet Hospital 107 in Noumea, New Caledonia. Seated on the wooden steps from left to right: Jane Mayhew, Secretary; Carolyn Perabe, Recreation; Carol Weaverling, AFD; Rebecca Van Meter, Recreation. A sign with the symbol and words "American Red Cross" is in front a building behind them.
Date: October 4, 1944
Creator: United States. Navy
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Wounded Soldiers at Purple Heart Presentation]

Photograph of wounded servicemen at a presentation of Purple Hearts in Noumea, New Caledonia in August of 1944 in the middle of a large dirt area. On the right stands two rows of injured servicemen at attention, and on the right more servicemen standing at attention with a row sitting in the center on folding chairs due to leg injuries. The dirt area has been carved out of rolling hills that appear in the background of the photo. A portion of the camp can also be seen in the background.
Date: August 1944
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Officer Speaking at Purple Heart Presentation]

Photograph taken at a Presentation of Purple Hearts in Noumea, New Caledonia in August of 1944. On the right stands an officer speaking into a microphone and behind him to the right stands service women and men at attention.
Date: August 1944
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Servicemen and Women at Attention at a Presentation of Purple Hearts]

Photograph taken at a Presentation of Purple Hearts in Noumea, New Caledonia in August of 1944. Group of men and women military members stand at attention in rows behind a microphone.
Date: August 1944
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mess Hall Interior]

Photograph of servicemen eating in a mess hall, location unknown. The men are seated at two rows of picnic tables with an aisle down the center.
Date: [1944..1945]
Creator: Maceiras, Richard P.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Watches Enlisted Sailor Pitch Horseshoes]

Photograph of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz watching an enlisted sailor, possibly Anthony Trifiletti, pitch horseshoes during picnic on the beach. Nimitz stands withs several other men in light-colored Naval uniforms under the cover of trees as Anthony Trifiletti stands in the center holding up a horseshoe. A black arrow is drawn underneath C. W. Nimitz on the border of the photograph.
Date: May 21, 1944
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz at Beach in Hawaii]

Photograph of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz in patterned swim trunks in front of a barb wired fence at a beach in Hawaii. Printed below the image is the following "ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET, CHETSER W. NIMITZ. very few high officers in any of the services enjoyed the great respect of the men that Admiral Nimitz does. To a man, we had confidence in his ability, and respect for his authority. When away from his official duties, he was one of us, as this informal picture demonstrates. It was taken by Chuck Brenkus at a picnic the Battalion held at a beach in Hawaii.".
Date: 1944/1945
Creator: Brenkus, Chuck
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two Engineers Operating Equipment in a Quarry]

Photograph of two engineers standing on the right and operating some equipment, in an unknown quarry. A large piece of equipment and a truck are pictured on the left side of the photograph.
Date: [1944..1945]
Creator: Maceiras, Richard P.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Excavator Digs in Quarry]

Photograph of an excavator digging in a quarry in an unknown location. The boom of the excavator with a pulley at the top is extended towards the wall of the quarry as the bucket at the end of the arm digs into the quarry wall. The number "76 - 407" printed on the side of the excavator.
Date: [1944..1945]
Creator: Maceiras, Richard P.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Engineer Working on a Fuel Tank]

Photograph of an engineer working on fuel tank, wreckage can be seen strewn about, and a machine of some sort sits on the right mostly out of frame.
Date: [1944..1945]
Creator: Maceiras, Richard P.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Engineers Working Equipment to Clear Field]

Photograph of a field being cleared by engineers and their equipment.
Date: [1944..1945]
Creator: Maceiras, Richard P.
System: The Portal to Texas History