7th Infantry Division soldiers help an injured Kwajalein woman in February 1944
Gift of George Gottschalk, from the Collection of The National WWII Museum
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7th Infantry Division soldiers help an injured Kwajalein woman. 'W-CPA-44-107-BD. 2/3. Weaver. A native woman is given medical attention by 7th Div. medics on Kwajalein Island, 7th Div. U.S. Army.' Signal Corps Photograph. Photographer: Weaver. Marshall Islands. 3 February 1944
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Collection of photographs from the service of Brigadier General LeRoy J. Stewart, 7th Infantry Division, Commander of the 76th Field Artillery Battalion, and Chief of Staff who participated in the Aleutian Islands Campaign and Kwajalein invasion. Stewart was on the US Equestrian Team and participated in the 1932 Olympics. Graduated from the Citadel and West Point. Assumed command of the Field Artillery Battalion in the Aleutians. He later served as Commanding General and Artillery Officer on Kwajelein, Phillipines and Okinawa. He retired in 1951. Deceased January 1983.
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Kwajalein
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9.250
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167.500
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Medical personnel--American--Kwajalein
Women--Kwajalein