7th Infantry Division soldiers speaking with native woman on Kwajalein in January 1944
Gift of George Gottschalk, from the Collection of The National WWII Museum
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7th Infantry Division soldiers speaking with native woman in Kwajalein Atoll. 'W-CPA-44-112-DN. 1/31. Young. Pvt. John DeBernai and Sgt. Dillard Juarez, trying to talk to a native girl whose name is Anita. 7th Div. U.S. Army, Carlson Is. [Island]' Signal Corps Photograph. Photographer: Young. Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands. 31 January 1944
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Collection of photographs from the service of Brigadier General LeRoy J. Stewart, 7th Infantry Division, Commander of the 76th Field Artillery Battalion, and Chief of Staff who participated in the Aleutian Islands Campaign and Kwajalein invasion. Stewart was on the US Equestrian Team and participated in the 1932 Olympics. Graduated from the Citadel and West Point. Assumed command of the Field Artillery Battalion in the Aleutians. He later served as Commanding General and Artillery Officer on Kwajelein, Phillipines and Okinawa. He retired in 1951. Deceased January 1983.
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Kwajalein
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9.250
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167.500
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Soldiers--American--Kwajalein