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US Marines recovering the body of a dead comrade, Gilbert Islands, 1943
Photograph. Four United States Marines carrying the body of a dead comrade on a stretcher in a war-damaged jungle; a...
US Marines stand over the bodies of dead Japanese soldiers on Butaritari (Makin) Atoll, 1943
US Marines stand over the bodies of dead Japanese soldiers. "Dead Japs on Makin [Butaritari]." Butaritari (Makin) Atoll...
US Marines standing at a makeshift gravesite, New Georgia Islands, 1943
Photograph. Two United States Marines next to a grave with an ammunition cross on top of it. Official caption on front...
US Marines standing by a pile of corpses, Kwajalein Atoll, 1944
Photograph. Two groups of United States Marines standing on either side of a pile of corpses; landing craft are in the...
US Marines standing in company formation around a platform with an altar, Pacific Theater, 1943-45
US Marines standing in company formation in a U shape around a platform with an altar backed by a cloth with a US flag...
US Marines taking cover during a battle, Tarawa Atoll, 1943
Photograph. United States Marines kneeling behind sandbags during a battle; dead Marines are lying in the foreground;...
US Marines taking cover next to dead Marines, Tarawa Atoll, 1943
Photograph. Armed United States Marines on a beach next to the corpses of fallen Marines; debris and a damaged landing...
US Marines using dead Japanese soldier for protection, Parry Island, 1944
Photograph. Two United States Marines lying in prone position on a hill using the body of a dead Japanese soldier for...
US Navy funeral service, Tacloban, 1945
Photograph. Six United States Navy sailors holding a flag of the United States over the grave of a serviceman; a...
US serviceman gazes on Japanese dead, PTO
Photograph. US serviceman in tracked vehicle looks at rotting corpses of Japanese soldiers in shallow, sandy ditch. PTO...
US servicemen posing in front of "Partisan's Wall" in Bologna, Italy in 1944 or 1945
Slide. US servicemen posing in front of memorial of photographs pasted onto wall, an Italian flag in the background,...
US soldier walking past a dead Japanese soldier, Manila
Photograph. Armed United States soldier walking past a dead Japanese soldier in a war-damaged area. Official caption on...
US soldiers examine a deceased German soldier lying on a rocky hillside, Italy, 1944
Photograph. US soldiers examining dead German soldier on mountaintop. Official caption on front: "MM-5-152754."...
US soldiers look at the bodies of deceased German soldiers near Toulon, France, 1944
Photograph. US soldiers look at the bodies of deceased German soldiers. Official caption on reverse: "7/MM-44-1963."...

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