General Douglas MacArthur (left), Commander-in-Chief of Allied forces in the Southwest Pacific, who personally led the a...

General Douglas MacArthur (left), Commander-in-Chief of Allied forces in the Southwest Pacific, who personally led the attack on los negros, Japanese base in the Admiralty Islands, confers with high ranking officers in his command aboard a PT boat on his return to an advanced Allied base in the Southwest Pacific. Troops of the U.S. Sixth Army, under the command of Lieutenant General Walter C. Krueger (center), stormed ashore to capture the island after being landed by a U.S. navy task force under the command of Vice Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid (right), commander of Allied naval forces in the Southwest Pacific. NI 9273