Dead US Marine lying on a beach, Parry Island, 1944

Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. Body of a dead United States Marine lying on a beach near the shoreline; a rifle in standing up in the sand in the foreground. Official caption on front: "Marine lies dead where he fell on the beach of Parry Is.. Coast Guard Photo 200-17." Parry Island, Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands. February 1944

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1944-02-
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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: 
Enewetak
Latitude: 
11.583
Longitude: 
162.333
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Marines (Military personnel)--American--Enewetak
World War, 1939-1945--Casualties--American--Enewetak
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Marshall Islands
Rifles--American--Enewetak
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Marshall Islands