US Army soldiers advancing toward Tacloban, Leyte, 1944

Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. United States Army soldiers advancing past a Japanese machine gun position; a dead Japanese soldier is lying behind the machine gun. Official caption on front: "Troops advancing on Tacloban pass Jap machine gun position. US Army Photo 150-11." Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines. 1944

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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: 
Tacloban
Latitude: 
11.250
Longitude: 
125.017
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Soldiers--American--Philippines
Soldiers--Japanese--Philippines
World War, 1939-1945--Casualties--Japanese--Philippines
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Philippines