Filipina woman with facial grenade wound, Philippines

Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. Filipina woman with a her bottom lip blown off propped up on a hospital bed. Official caption on front: "Beaten when she refused to submit to assault, a grenade was thrown in her face as she lay on the ground. US Army Photo 160-16." Philippines. No date

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1944
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.
Geography: 
Pilipinas
Latitude: 
13.000
Longitude: 
122.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Women--Filipino--Philippines
Civilians in war--Filipino--Philippines
Medical aspects of war--Philippines
World War, 1939-1945--Casualties--Filipino--Philippines