US Marine with at makeshift post office, Saipan, 1944
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. American Serviceman sitting at a desk in a brick building handing a Marine a stack of letters through a large window frame; two signs at the window: "Stamps" and "Money Orders"; writting on the wall: "Post Office 4th Marine Div. / Saipan / Mariana Is." Official caption on front: "Post office operates under the smoke of battle. Marine Corps Photo 1-8." Saipan, Mariana Islands. 16 June 1944
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06/16/1944
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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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Saipan
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Post offices--Saipan
Military life--Saipan
Marines (Military personnel)--Saipan
Clerks--Saipan
Correspondence--Saipan