US Army American soldiers from the 129th Infantry Regiment of the 37th Infantry Division under the cover of the M4 Sherman medium tank in the battle on the island of Bougainville.
Bougainville is an island in the archipelago of the Solomon Islands, fighting to liberate it from the Japanese Forces began November 1, 1943.
Shooting place: the island of Bougainville
Date: March 1944
Source of the US Army photo: www.defenseimagery.mil.