Japanese soldier surrendering to US Marines, Kwajalein Atoll, 1944

Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. Japanese soldier clothed in only undergarments surrendering to armed United States Marines in front of a bombed-out building; a dead Japanese soldier is lying in rubble at the entrance of a building. Official caption on front: "Kwajalein U.S.M.C. Photo No. K-18." Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands. 31 January 1944

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Date: 
01/31/1944
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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: 
Kwajalein
Latitude: 
9.250
Longitude: 
167.500
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Marines (Military personnel)--Kwajalein
Soldiers--Japanese--Kwajalein
Prisoners of war--Japanese--Kwajalein
Marines (Military personnel)--Kwajalein
Surrenders--Japanese--Kwajalein