A US soldier takes cover behind a Japanese artillery gun and ammunition boxes, Kwajalein Atoll, 1944
Personal or Official U.S. Signal Corps Photo, Gift of Jim Matney, from the Collection of The National WWII Museum
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A US soldier, holding a rifle and in a prone position, takes cover behind a Japanese artillery gun. The gun is on wooden spoke wheels and there is ammunition in boxes nearby. "Jap gun protects Yank on island at Kwajalein Atoll." Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands. 1944
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Photographs (personal and Signal Corps) from the collection of Navy Corpsman Glen Matney, who served in the PTO in WWII.
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--American--Kwajalein
Rifles--American--Kwajalein
Artillery (Weaponry)--Japanese--Kwajalein
Cannons--Kwajalein