Amphibious operations

Marine infantrymen advance under cover of the amphibious and heavily armored landing craft as they approach a sham "enemy" concrete emplacement. This was taken at the Marine Corps Training School at Quantico, Virginia.

Naval pre-invasion bombardment, simulated by static demolitions, precedes the onslaught of the Marine amphibious invasion. Clouds of ominous smoke from the high explosives dissipate and conceal the "enemy" emplacements. This was taken at the Marine Corps Training School at Quantico, Virginia.

Bazooka men, highly specialized and exactingly trained assault men, prepare to send a rocket explosive shell screaming into an embrasure of the "enemy" concrete pillbox seen over the turret of the amphibious assault vehicle (upper right) in this photo, taken at the Marine Corps School at Quantico, Virginia.

Infantrymen stream out of the fantail of an armored landing vehicle and begin to quickly disperse during an assault on an "enemy" pill box at the Marine Corps School at Quantico, Virginia.

American troops debarking from LST's under fire from German artillery during early stage of the invasion on Utah Beach, at Les Dunes De Madeleine, France.

The U. S. S. Pickaway, A.P.A. 222, tied up in Pusan, Korea. The U. S. S. Pickaway proceeded to Inchon for the amphibious landing of the 1st Marine Division.

Amphibious Warfare School building at U. S. Marine Corps Training School at Quantico, Virginia. From a leather bound album of 55 8 x 10 photos taken during President Truman's trip to the U. S. Marine Corps Training Base. Gift of Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr., Major General, U. S. Marine Corps, Commandant, Marine Corps School.