“Digging In”

New York Bureau
“Digging In”
SOLOMON ISLANDS—U.S. Marines establish positions on a beach in Guadalcanal after the opening battle of the first American offensive of World War II. The amphibian tractor, in the background, churned the South Seas waters to bring these marines ashore.
Credit: U.S. Marine Corps photo from News of the Day supplied by ACME 9-8-42