Dead Japanese soldiers lying on a beach, 1944
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
Description:
Photograph. Bodies of several dead Japanese soldiers on the shoreline of a beach. Official caption on front: "Japanese dead on New Guinea beach. US Army Photo 157-2." New Guinea. 1944
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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:
New Guinea
Latitude:
-5.000
Longitude:
140.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--Japanese--New Guinea
World War, 1939-1945--Casualties--Japanese--New Guinea
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--New Guinea