Deceased Japanese soldiers beside their beached landing craft on Saipan, 1944-1945

Official U.S. Coast Guard photograph, Gift of Stacy Hutchinson, from the Collections of the National WWII Museum
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A Marine poses near deceased Japanese soldiers beside their beached landing craft. Other landing craft in the distance appear to be on a sand bar. "2191-B-23." "U.S. Coast Guard Official Picture, 3rd Naval District." Saipan, Mariana Islands, 1944.

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1944
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Collection of U.S. Official Coast Guard images.
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Saipan
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Landing craft--Japanese--Saipan
Soldiers--American--Saipan
Soldiers--Japanese--Saipan
Dead persons--Saipan