U.S. Army Air Force 8th Fighter Group aboard a ship underway in the Philippines Sea during World War II. The deck of the ship. A ship convoy underway at sea. Leyte Island in the background. A Landing Ship Tank ( LST ) is lowered from the starboard side. A ship lays a smoke screen to cover the convoy. Soldiers lower the LST into water. The soldiers lower a truck over the starboard into the LST. A hoist pulls a truck from the hold of the ship. GIs in a lading craft anchored to the ship. Lowering of a truck over the side into a landing craft. A truck loaded with supplies is lowered into the LST. Trucks and soldiers in the LST. Another truck with supplies is lowered into the LST. The soldiers cover the trucks on the LST. Soldiers aboard the LST underway towards Leyte beach.
Activities of U.S. Army Air Force 8th Fighter Group at a beach on Leyte Island, Philippines during World War II. Leyte beach in the Philippines. Soldiers unload supplies and equipment from an LST (Landing Ship Tank). A fuel truck hauls a trailer on the beach. Men in a well bail out surface water. The soldiers gather around the new well site. A tractor hauls a fuel truck along the beach. The wheels of the tractor. The soldiers weld holes in oil drums for showers. A welder welds a drum. A soldier fits pipes into the well. The soldiers work on a pipe in the shower well. A latrine tent. Trucks in a motor pool. A scraper on the beach. The soldiers unload equipment from a landing craft onto a truck. They use a crane for carrying supplies. A ship convoy and the landing craft underway at sea.
Activities of U.S. Army Air Force 8th Fighter Group at a beach on Leyte Island in the Philippines during World War II . Soldiers put up tents on the beach. Palm trees in the background. The soldiers drive a U.S. tank on the beach. Tents in the background. A completed tent and mess equipment in side the tent. A loaded truck pulls out of an LST ( Landing Ship Tank ). A truck enters the camp site. A grader levels a part of the beach. A ship convoy anchored in a distance. A crane unloads equipment and supplies from the LST onto the truck. The truck pulls away and drives along a muddy road.
Activities of U.S. Army Air Force 8th Fighter Group at a beach on Leyte Island in the Philippines during World War II. Tents at a camp area. Palm trees in the background. Improvised showers and pipes running into shower heads. Soldiers eat food in a new mess tent. They stand in a chow line. The soldiers cook food in huge containers
U.S. Army Air Force 8th Fighter Group leaves a beach on Leyte Island in the Philippines during World War II. A camp area after tents have been taken down. The tents after being torn down. The beach in the background. Soldiers in a group. Ashes of burnt scraps. Trailers parked at the camp area. The torn tents at the camp.
Activities of U.S. Army Air Force 8th Fighter Group at Squadron Area on Morotai Island, Indonesia during World War II. A U.S. Army Air Force aircraft in flight. Soldiers load packed boxes on a truck in the Squadron Area. The soldiers burn trash. They take off the roof of a mess hall. Bundles of tents being loaded on a truck. Trucks pulls out. Insignia of the United States. The soldiers stand in a group. A soldier with a bird on his head. Tents in the background. A pile of packed equipment kept in the Squadron Area. Men work on details of packing.
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