Marines drinking coffee after conquering Eniwetok
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, Gift of Mary Noble, from The collection of the National WWII Museum
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Young Marine blows to cool coffee. '"File No: C.G. 3345. Coffee for the Conquerors of Eniwetok - These Marines, begrimed and weary from two days and two nights of fighting, are typical of the conquerors of Eniwetok who stormed ashore from Coast Guard-manned landing craft to sweep Engebi Island away from the Japanese in six hours and went on to wipe out the Nips on Eniwetok. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo). (This is Print No. 103 in the U.S. Navy Exhibit 'Power in the Pacific' at the Museum of Modern Art, New York City.) - Official U.S. Coast Guard Photograph".' Marshall Islands, Ralik Chain. February 1944 [Central Pacific] [Marshall Islands]
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Official U.S. Navy Photographs collected by navy veteran John R. Noble, who served in the Pacific on the USS Castor and the USS Fletcher during World War II.
Geography:
Enewetak
Latitude:
11.583
Longitude:
162.333
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--American--Marshall Islands
Eating & drinking--Marshall Islands