Wounded US Marine being loaded onto a ship off the coast of Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands, 1943

Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. Wounded United States Marine on a litter being hoisted onto a Coast Guard ship deck. Official caption on front: "Bringing wounded Marine aboard Coast Guard ship off Tarawa. Coast Guard Photo 200-15." Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands. November 1943

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11/20/1943
11/23/1943
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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: 
Tarawa
Latitude: 
1.500
Longitude: 
173.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Marines (Military personnel)--American--Tarawa
World War, 1939-1945--Casualties--American--Tarawa
Decks (Ships)--American--Tarawa
Tarawa, Battle of, Kiribati, 1943
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Kiribati
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Kiribati