3rd Marine Raider Battalion storming a beach, New Georgia Islands, 1943
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. 3rd Marine Raider Battalion Marines debarking from LCVPs [Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel] and storming a beach; a M3 Stuart tank is in the middleground. Official caption on front: "3rd Battalion troops storm New Georgia beach. US Army Photo 165-2." New Georgia Islands, Solomon Islands. 1943
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1943-06-
1943-10-
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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:
New Georgia Group
Latitude:
-8.500
Longitude:
157.333
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Marines (Military personnel)--New Georgia Islands
Landing craft--American--New Georgia Islands
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Solomon Islands
Landing craft--American--New Georgia Islands
Marines (Military personnel)--New Georgia Islands
Beaches--New Georgia Islands