Nanumea Wartime Photos from the US National Archives
Welcome for Major General Willis Hale and staff, on his visit to Nanumea, 21 December 1943
Living quarters for the Enlisted Men
Control Tower, Nanumea Airfield
Loading bombs on the B-24 Liberator bomber “Bolivar”
Refuelling a Curtis P-40 “Warhawk” Fighter
The U.S. National Archives in Washington, D.C., has many photos taken at Nanumea during the American occupation in the Second World War. These can be searched and downloaded for free — this links to the Nanumea pictures:
https://catalog.archives.gov/search?page=1&q=ellice%20islands%20nanumea
The photos on this page are from the Archive’s collection — there are many more pictures on the archive site.