US Marines repairing a damaged telecommunication line, Okinawa, 1945

Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. United States Marines repairing a damaged telecommunication line along railroad track; equipment- and tool-filled 2-½ ton truck is straddling the tracks. Official caption on front: "6th Division men repair Okinawa wire broken in battle. Marine Corps Photo 23-14." Porterville, California, development stamp on reverse. 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.
Geography: 
Okinawa-jima
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Marines (Military personnel)--Okinawa
Telecommunication lines--Okinawa
Railroad tracks--Okinawa
Vehicles, military--American--Okinawa
Railroad tracks--Okinawa
Trucks--American
Utility poles