US Marines with a trunk of Chinese coins, Japan, 1945

Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. Two United States Marines playing with a trunk full of Chinese coins. Official caption on front: "Chinese coins taken from Japs. Marine Corps Photo 25-11." Japan. 1945

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1945-02-
1945-11-
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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: 
Ōmura
Latitude: 
32.933
Longitude: 
129.967
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Marines (Military personnel)--Japan
Coins--Chinese--Japan
World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage--China