Wounded Marine being tansported onto a LCM, Guam, 1944

Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. Four United States servicemen carrying a wounded Marine on a litter onto a LCM [Landing Craft, Mechanized]. Official caption on front: "Wounded Marine loaded aboard landing craft at Guam. Coast Guard Photo 222-12." 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)--American--Guam
World War, 1939-1945--Casualties--American--Guam
Landing craft--American--Guam
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Guam
Medical aspects of war--Guam
Landing craft--American--Guam