US Marine climbing a coconut tree telephone pole, Bougainville Island
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. United States Marine at the top of a coconut tree festooned with telecommunication lines. Official caption on front: "Cocoanut tree telephone line pole on Bougainville. Marine Corps Photo 23-19." Bougainville Island, New Guinea. No date
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1943-11-
1945-08-
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This collection consists of approximately 1700 official military photographs that were reproduced by the Official Photos Company of Hollywood. Referred to as The War's Greatest Photographs, many of these photographs have been featured in magazines and books and many of the originals can be found in the United States National Archives and Records Administration. The images feature every theater and branch of the military in various campaigns and battles throughout World War II.
Geography:
Bougainville
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Marines (Military personnel)--Bougainville
Utility poles--Bougainville
Telecommunication lines--Bougainville
Utility poles--Bougainville
Telecommunication lines--Bougainville
Military uniforms--American--Bougainville
Telephones--Bougainville