US Marine funeral service, New Britain, 1943
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. United States Marines kneeling in front of graves in a cemetery while a chaplain gives a sermon behind a makeshift altar. Official caption on front: "Cape Gloucester USMC Photo No. 9." Cape Gloucester, New Britain, New Guinea. 25 December 1943
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12/25/1943
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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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Gloucester, Cape
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Marines (Military personnel)--New Britain
Graves--New Britain
Cemeteries--American--New Britain
Chaplains--American--New Britain
Funeral rites & ceremonies--New Britain
Funeral rites & ceremonies--New Britain