7th Infantry Division preparing to leave Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, 1944

Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. United States Army soldiers from the 7th Infantry Division standing next to equipment and military vehicles on a beach; several landing craft filled with soldiers are on the shoreline. Official caption on front: "Kwajalein secure the 7th Div. embark for other battles. US Army Photo 166-20." Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands. 31 January 1944

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Date: 
01/31/1944
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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: 
Kwajalein
Latitude: 
9.250
Longitude: 
167.500
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Soldiers--American--Kwajalein
Equipment & supplies--Kwajalein
Tanks (Military science)--American--Kwajalein
Landing craft--American--Kwajalein
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Marshall Islands
Infantry--American--Kwajalein
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Marshall Islands