US servicemen ransporting gas drums onto a beach, Tinian, 1944
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. United States servicemen rolling gas drums from LCVPs [Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel] onto a beach; amphibious vehicles are in the middleground; warships are in the background. Official caption on front: "Rolling gas drums from LCVP's at reef to Tinian beach. Coast Guard Photo 222-8." Tinian, Mariana Islands. 1944
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1944-07-
1944-08-
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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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Tinian
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Fuel--American--Tinian
Landing craft--American--Tinian
Amphibious vehicles--American--Tinian
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Northern Mariana Islands
Amphibious vehicles--American--Tinian
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Northern Mariana Islands