Soldier manning a .50 caliber machine gun aboard a troop transport bringing soldiers to the invasion of the Marshall Islands in January 1944
Gift of George Gottschalk, from the Collection of The National WWII Museum
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96th Antiaircraft battery soldier manning a .50 caliber machine gun aboard a troop transport bringing soldiers to the invasion of the Marshall Islands. 'W-CPA-44-106-AB. 1/21. Ellner. Pvt. William B. Allison, of Houston, Texas, manning the 50 cal. machine gun on the port watch aboard the troop transport. He and the men of his outfit, the 96th AA Btry D' kept watch while the ship moved toward its objective all hours of the day and night.' Signal Corps Photograph. Photographer: Ellner. 21 January 1944
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Collection of photographs from the service of Brigadier General LeRoy J. Stewart, 7th Infantry Division, Commander of the 76th Field Artillery Battalion, and Chief of Staff who participated in the Aleutian Islands Campaign and Kwajalein invasion. Stewart was on the US Equestrian Team and participated in the 1932 Olympics. Graduated from the Citadel and West Point. Assumed command of the Field Artillery Battalion in the Aleutians. He later served as Commanding General and Artillery Officer on Kwajelein, Phillipines and Okinawa. He retired in 1951. Deceased January 1983.
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Kwajalein
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9.250
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167.500
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--American--Kwajalein
Machine guns--American--Kwajalein