US officers walk along a line of US Army soldiers aboard a transport ship leaving for the Solomon Islands from a port in New Caledonia to support the Marine Corps.
US officers pictured: Vice Admiral Robert Lee Ghormley, commander of the US Navy in the South Pacific, Transport Captain Charles Paul McFeaters (wearing helmet) and Lieutenant General M. F. Harmon, commander of US forces in the South Pacific.
American officers photo source: US Library of Congress.
Location: Pacific Ocean
Photo time: 1942