Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 14, Number 41, DeMotte, Jasper County, 25 August 1944 — Floating Bivouac Going to Guam [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Floating Bivouac Going to Guam

The upper deck of this LST, one of the assault ships en route to Guam in the Marianas, is packed to capacity with marines and their equipment. The camouflaged shelter-halves and ponchos in the foreground were strung up by the Leathernecks to provide daytime shade and a dry sleeping place at night.

American infantry under cover of tanks smash through German lines in Normandy west of St. Lo.

Seabeei awarded honors for outstanding performance on Los Negros Island.