Portrait of a Marine returning from an assault on Enewetak Atoll, February 1944
Official U.S. Coast Guard photograph, Gift of Stacy Hutchinson, from the Collections of the National WWII Museum
Description:
A Marine returning to a Coast Guard-manned assault transport after partaking in the assault on Eniwetok Atoll. (NARA # 026-G-3394). "2191-5." "U.S. Coast Guard Official Picture, 3rd Naval District." Eniwetok, Marshall Islands, February 1944.
Official National Archives caption and information: "Back to a Coast Guard assault transport comes this Marine after two days and nights of Hell on the beach of Eniwetok in the Marshall Islands. His face is grimey with coral dust but the light of battle stays in his eyes." February 1944. 26-G-3394.
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1944-02-
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Collection of U.S. Official Coast Guard images.
Geography:
Enewetak
Latitude:
11.583
Longitude:
162.333
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--American--Eniwetok
Helmets--America--Eniwetok
Portrait photographs--Eniwetok