US Marines using dead Japanese soldier for protection, Parry Island, 1944
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
Description:
Photograph. Two United States Marines lying in prone position on a hill using the body of a dead Japanese soldier for cover. Official caption on front: "Marines use dead Jap for protection on Perry [sic] Island. Coast Guard Photo 200-5." Parry Island, Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands. February 1944
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1944-02-
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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:
Enewetak
Latitude:
11.583
Longitude:
162.333
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Marines (Military personnel)--American--Enewetak
Soldiers--Japanese--Enewetak
World War, 1939-1945--Casualties--Japanese--Enewetak
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Marshall Islands
Dead persons--Enewetak