36th Infantry Division elephants being urged into Shweli River, Burma, 1945

Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. 36th Infantry Division [British Army] elephants being urged from a rocky bank into the Shweli River. Official caption on front: "36th Div. elephants urged into Shweli River, 2-5-45. US Army Photo 175-11." Burma [modern-day Myanmar]. 5 February 1945

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02/05/1945
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This collection consists of approximately 1700 official military photographs that were reproduced by the Official Photos Company of Hollywood. Referred to as The War's Greatest Photographs, many of these photographs have been featured in magazines and books and many of the originals can be found in the United States National Archives and Records Administration. The images feature every theater and branch of the military in various campaigns and battles throughout World War II.
Geography: 
Myanma
Latitude: 
22.000
Longitude: 
98.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Rivers--Burma
Elephants--Burma
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Burma