US tank crew watching flamethrowers attacking Okinawaese troops, Okinawa, 1945

Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. United States Marines sitting on top of a M4 Sherman tank in a field; a column of smoke in rising in the background. Official caption on front: "Tank crew watches flamethrowers attack Japposition. Marine Corps Photo 16-6." Okinawa, Japan. 1945

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1945-04-
1945-06-
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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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Okinawa-jima
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Marines (Military personnel)--Okinawa
Tanks (Military science)--American--Okinawa
Sherman tank--Okinawa
Smoke--Okinawa
Campaigns & battles--Okinawa