Three US Army tanks providing cover for a disabled tank, Okinawa, 1945

Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. Three United States Army tanks providing cover fire for disabled tank; columns of smoke are rising in the middleground and background. Official caption on front: "3 tanks cover a disable unit (center) by heavy fire. US Army Photo 163-16." Okinawa, Japan. 1945

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1945-04-
1945-06-
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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.
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Okinawa-jima
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Tanks (Military science)--American--Okinawa
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Japan--Okinawa Island