Show I Dress Rehearsal for Solomon Assault I Jt Z 7 1 I 1 k j t j f. f j. j 0 t. t w aP 1 v A. o- o eb slew d f. f s a. a l ff A tt F i a y we q i. i A 9 f li- li 1 I nL 4 t I e 9 r j iA- iA 1 w w Wr f 1 t f t f M I a a.- a. t. t ss- ss 00 j tI i Before the hitting hard-hitting U U. S. S marines stormed the Solomon islands they went through maneuvers that shaped them for this particularly tough assignment In picture at top a land mine hurls mud and sea seawater seawater seawater water high Into the air as the marines land troops and stores after establishing establishing lisl lishing ng a bridgehead In the South Sea Islands where U. U S. S forces and the Japs have been exchanging heavy counter blows Below Unloading a heavy gun part of the equipment of a landing party In the South Sea Islands |