US Marine holding hands with an elderly Okinawan woman, Okinawa, 1945
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. United States Marine crouching and holding hands with an elderly Okinawan woman sitting on stretcher. Official caption on front: "Jap taught fears of Americans fades with kindness. Marine Corps Photo 16-8." Okinawa, Japan. 1945
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1945-04-
1945-06-
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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.
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Okinawa-jima
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Marines (Military personnel)--Okinawa
Indigenous women--Okinawa
Older people--Okinawa
Older people--Okinawa
Holding hands--Okinawa