Grave of Ernie Pyle, Iejima, 1945
Gift of Ralph F. Feuchter, Jr.
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Photograph. Soldiers pay their respects at the first gravesite of Ernie Pyle. Personal caption on photo reverse: "Grave of Ernie Pyle--War Correspondent 1944." Iejima. 1945
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1945
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Collection consists of fifty-two official issue USN photographs which were declassified after the war. They were given to Ralph "Dutch" Feuchter by G.B. Hoagland, his first cousin, who served on the aircraft carrier from which many of them were taken. Hoagland was a photographer, but did not take these photographs.
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Iō-shima
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Dead persons--Okinawa