77th Infantry Division tank destroyer firing at Japanese forces, Shuri, 1945
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. 77th Infantry Division M18 Hellcat tank destroyer firing at Japanese forces. Official caption on front: "77th Div. M-18 fires at enemy at Shuri, 11 May 1945. US Army Photo 163-7." Shuri, Okinawa, Japan. 11 May 1945
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05/11/1945
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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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Shuri
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26.183
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127.717
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Armored vehicles--American--Okinawa
M18 (Tank destroyer)--Okinawa
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Japan--Okinawa Island
Infantry--American--Okinawa