US Marines setting up a radio-telephones on Roi-Namur Island, Kwajalein Atoll, 1944
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
Description:
Photograph. United States Marines setting up a radio-telephones on a beach. Official caption on front: "Radio-telephone sets installed near low sea wall on Roi. Marine Corps Photo 23-3." Roi-Namur, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands. February 1944
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1944-02-
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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:
Kwajalein
Latitude:
9.250
Longitude:
167.500
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Marines (Military personnel)--Kwajalein
Radios--Kwajalein
Military uniforms--American--Kwajalein
Radios--Kwajalein
Communication devices--Kwajalein
Beaches--Kwajalein