7th Infantry Division soldiers examining bombed out Japanese bunker in February 1944

Gift of George Gottschalk, from the Collection of The National WWII Museum
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7th Infantry Division soldiers examining bombed out Japanese bunker. 'W-CPA-44-106-CD. 2/4. Ellner. One of the supply houses on the west side of the island. The place was built with four inch reinforced concrete walls. 7th Div. U.S. Army, Kwajalein Island.' Signal Corps Photograph. Photographer: Ellner. 4 February 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
Latitude: 
9.250
Longitude: 
167.500
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Bunkers--Kwajalein
Soldiers--American--Kwajalein
War damage--Kwajalein