Keywords: Us-flamethrowers-RG-208-AA-158-L-002.jpg en U S flame thrower routs Japanese machine gunners<br> A U S soldier with flame throwing equipment shoots a withering flame 50 feet to envelope a Japanese machine gun pillbox in the jungles of New Georgia Island in the South Pacific Central Solomons The Japanese fought desperately from fortified positions on New Georgia but were unable to stem the Allied advance which drove the enemy from all his bases in the Central Solomons National archives and Records Administration author <gallery> File RG-208-AA-158-L-002 tif </gallery> PD-USGov NARA-cooperation Black and white photographs World War II flamethrowers Files from NARA ExtravaSCANza New Georgia Campaign |