Marines

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.

A fiery blossom of death, the napalm jellied gasoline mixture is an aerial hot-foot well calculated to make destruction complete. Exploding with a lumpish "whoompf", the bomb completely consumes an "enemy" target as shown in this photo, taken at the Marine Corps Training School at Quantico, Virginia.

Portrait of James E. Webb in Marine uniform.

A photo of a building draped with a white cloth with holes in it at the Marine Base at Quantico, Virginia.

Aerial photo taken in and around the countryside near the Marine Corps School, Quantico, Virginia.

Captain James E. Webb, USMC (third from the right) and other officers and aviators at Quantico, Virginia, standing in front of a biplane.

Unidentified United States Marine Corps officers and others at the Quantico, Virginia Base during a presentation of a Distinguished Flying Award to an officer.

Four Grumman F7F Tigercats begin to pull out of their dive after screaming in to attack their objective with simulated demolition bombs. A geyser of water and sand spouts skyward during the detonation. This was taken at the Marine Corps Training School at Quantico, Virginia.