Row of long barrel guns, Hawaii, April 1946
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Photograph. Row of long barreled guns on wheeled carriages covered with tarps. Personal caption on photo reverse: "Apr 22 1946 / 'Silent sentinels of democracy' -- *155 new long rifles at Camp Catlin *(long boys) from: Guadalcanal - Peleliu, Bougainville." Hawaii. 22 April 1946
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04/22/1946
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Items from the service of Mr. Rogers Lional Hogan, who was born in Gretna, Louisiana, on July 18, 1917. Hogan worked for the Times-Picayune newspaper in New Orleans before he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in February of 1941. Hogan served in the Pacific Theatre. He was in Saipan and Guam in 1944 and spent the rest of the war in Hawaii at the Fleet Marine Force, Pacific (FMFPAC) base through the summer of 1946. The collection includes 473 photographs depicting Hogan's time in the Pacific Theatre.
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Hawaii
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20.000
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-157.833
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Artillery (Weaponry)--American--Hawaii