Marine command post, Tinian

Marine command post, Tinian

Item Information

Title:
Marine command post, Tinian
Creator:
United States. Marine Corps
Name on Item:
Official U. S. Marine Corps Photo by Staff Sgt. Roy E. Olund
Date:
[July 24, 1944–August 1, 1944]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
American Legion Museum
Collection (local):
World War II by Combat Photographers
Subjects:
Marines (Military personnel)
Military facilities
Rain
World War, 1939-1945
Operation Forager, 1944
United States. Marine Corps
Places:
Northern Mariana Islands (territory) > Tinian (island)
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 21 x 26 cm (8 x 10 format)
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Caption: WAR IN THE RAIN - A group of Marines at a command post on Tinian island, in the Marianas, peer out at the heavy tropical downpour which hit the Leathernecks during the early fighting on that island. They are partially protected by the roof of a Japanese farm building. Hdqtrs. No. 88,217.
Notes (date):
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Identifier:
1-265