An American soldier poses over the body of a dead Japanese sniper, Tarawa, 1943
Personal or Official U.S. Signal Corps Photo, Gift of Jim Matney, from the Collection of The National WWII Museum
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An American soldier poses with a gun over the body of a dead Japanese sniper lying in a ditch. "Dead Jap sniper on Tarawa." Tarawa, Gilbert Islands. 1943
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Photographs (personal and Signal Corps) from the collection of Navy Corpsman Glen Matney, who served in the PTO in WWII.
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Dead persons--Tarawa
Snipers--Tarawa
Soldiers--American--Tarawa
Soldiers--Japanese--Tarawa