A joint assault signal company was a joint service unit that provided ship to shore and air to ground communications to coordinate and control naval gunfire and close air support for American land for
Members of the 1st JASCO on Saipan, 1944
The Battle of Kwajalein was fought as part of the Pacific campaign of World War II. It took place 31 January – 3 February 1944, on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Employing learned lessons fr
Soldiers of the U.S. 7th Infantry Division attack a Japanese blockhouse on Kwajalein.
Marines in a landing craft at Kwajalein, 1944
The accidental detonation of a torpedo arsenal creates a large explosion, injuring over 100 people and killing 20
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox is presented with the flag that flew over Kwajalein by Captain James H. Doyle.