A dead American soldier and the pill box where the hand grenade was thrown from that killed him on Kwajalein in January 1944
Gift of George Gottschalk, from the Collection of The National WWII Museum
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Dead American soldier, face up, and pillbox in background where Japanese soldier killed him. 'W-CPA-44-112-DF. 1/31. Young. A dead American and the pill box where the hand grenade was thrown from. 7th Division, U.S. Army.' Signal Corps Photograph. Photographer: Young. Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands. 31 January 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:
Dead persons--Kwajalein
Soldiers--American--Kwajalein
Bunkers--Kwajalein