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Photograph. Distant view of U.S. Marines sealing off Japanese caves using tanks. Official Caption: "Rome, 7/3/45--...

Photograph. Shirtless United States Marines manning indoor communication devices. Official caption on front: "...

Unloading a DUKW, an amphibious truck, off the USS Rutland and into the ocean after the successful attack on Okinawa in...

Photograph. Japanese fragmentation grenade, hidden in a head of cabbage. Official Caption: "Rome. 7/18/45--Deadly food...

Photograph. United States sailors examining the inside of a large hole in the deck of the USS Birmingham (CL-62) after...

Lenwood Steglich [Annotator’s Note: as a Pharmacist’s Mate 1st Class aboard the survey ship USS Bowditch (AGS-4)]...

Robert Frederick Reed was stationed at Kagman Point while on Saipan [Annotator's Note: Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands...

Not far from Naha [Annotator's Note: Naha, Okinawa, Japan], Melvin C. Whitman got into a 20 plus hour artillery duel....

Joseph Richard stayed assigned to the USS Rigel (AR-11) throughout the war until the invasion of Okinawa. He then...

Fred Wesighan and his unit [Annotator's Note: Headquarters Company, 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division]...

William Lutz knew the enemy was in front of them. [Annotator’s Note: He is referring to the Japanese on Guam]. He did...

After the attack, Robert Powers continued moving south towards the battalion CP [Annotator's Note: command post]. They...

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