Five Marines pose with a Japanese Howitzer, Hawaii, December 1945
Description:
Photograph. Five Marines pose with a Japanese Howitzer on a carriage. Two-story military facility building behind them. Personal caption on photo reverse: "Dec 21 1945 / Kilgore, Ray [?], Bill Laveau, Joe, and Don." Hawaii. 21 December 1945
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12/21/1945
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Items from the service of Mr. Rogers Lional Hogan, who was born in Gretna, Louisiana, on July 18, 1917. Hogan worked for the Times-Picayune newspaper in New Orleans before he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in February of 1941. Hogan served in the Pacific Theatre. He was in Saipan and Guam in 1944 and spent the rest of the war in Hawaii at the Fleet Marine Force, Pacific (FMFPAC) base through the summer of 1946. The collection includes 473 photographs depicting Hogan's time in the Pacific Theatre.
Geography:
Hawaii
Latitude:
20.000
Longitude:
-157.833
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Howitzers--Hawaii
Military facilities--American--Hawaii