US servicemen unloading supplies from an LCM, Roi, 1944
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
Description:
Photograph. United States servicemen using a tractor to unload supplies from a LCM [Landing Craft, Mechanized]; other landing craft are visible in the background. Official caption on front: "Unloading LCM at Roi. US Navy Photo 128-4." Roi-Namur, Kwajalein 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:
Kwajalein
Latitude:
9.250
Longitude:
167.500
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Tractors--American--Kwajalein
Landing craft--American--Kwajalein
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Marshall Islands
Landing craft--American--Kwajalein
Beaches--Kwajalein