US Marines manning a Howitzer, New Georgia Islands, 1943

Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. United States Marines manning a large Howitzer pointed at a jungle; artillery shells are in the foreground. Official caption on front: "New Georgia USMC Photo No. 1-1." Porterville, California, development stamp on reverse. New Georgia Islands, Solomon Islands. 6 July 1943

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07/06/1943
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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.
Geography: 
New Georgia Group
Latitude: 
-8.500
Longitude: 
157.333
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Marines (Military personnel)--Solomon Islands
Howitzers--New Georgia
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Solomon Islands
Artillery (Troops)--American--Solomon Islands