US Marine working on a utility pole, Iwo Jima, 1945
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. United States Marine working on a utility pole festooned with many telecommunication wires; Mount Suribachi is in hte background. Official caption on front: "Overhead wire system on Iwo close behind the front lines. Marine Corps Photo 23-11." Iwo Jima, Japan. 1945
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1945-02-
1945-03-
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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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Iō-jima
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24.783
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141.333
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Marines (Military personnel)--American--Iwo Jima
Utility poles--Iwo Jima
Telecommunication lines--Iwo Jima
Military camps--American--Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945