US Marines manning Browning machine gun, Guam, 1944

Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. Two United States Marines manning a Browning machine gun at a window of a war-damaged building; another Marine is standing nearby. Official caption on front: "Prepared for expected Jap counter-attack. Marine Corps Photo 7-3." Guam, Mariana Islands. 1944

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1944-07-
1944-08-
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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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Guam Island
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Marines (Military personnel)--Guam
Machine guns--American--Guam
Machine guns--American--Guam
Soldiers--American--Guam
Military uniforms--American--Guam