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Marines, Okinawa

Marines, Okinawa

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Title:
Marines, Okinawa
Creator:
United States. Marine Corps
Name on Item:
Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Sgt. W. F. Kleine
Date:
May 14, 1945
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
American Legion Museum
Collection (local):
World War II by Combat Photographers
Subjects:
Marines (Military personnel)
Campaigns & battles
Smoke
Tanks (Military science)
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Japan--Okinawa Island
United States. Marine Corps
Places:
Japan > Okinawa (island)
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 21 x 26 cm (8 x 10 format)
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Caption: 08102 CINCPAC 14 May 1945 (Pearl Harbor) Show goes on - Dogged character of Pacific war is shown in this picture of lone Marine watching flame throwing tank in action. Photo was taken on the eve of V-E day as whole armies of Germans were surrendering in Europe. On Okinawa individual Japs still showed a preference for death. gpb 5/14/45 cmbt
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Identifier:
1-52