41st Infantry Division firing a howitzer at Japanese forces, Mindanao Island, 1945
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. United States Army soldiers from the 41st Infantry Division firing a howitzer positioned on on a hillside at Japanese forces. Official caption on front: "41st Div. artillery blasting Japs on Mindanao, 3-23-45. US Army Photo 174-10." Porterville, California, development stamp on reverse. Mindanao Island, Philippines. 23 March 1945
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03/23/1945
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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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Mindanao
Latitude:
6.500
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125.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--American--Philippines
Howitzers--Philippines
Artillery (Weaponry)--American--Philippines
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Philippines
Artillery (Weaponry)--American--Philippines
Shooting--Philippines
Infantry--American--Philippines