Wounded soldiers are hoisted onto a ship during World War II

Official U.S. Coast Guard photograph, Gift of Stacy Hutchinson, from the Collections of the National WWII Museum
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Sailors hoist wounded soldiers up a ramp from a landing craft to a ship. Many wounded lay on the deck of the landing craft in stretchers. View is from larger ship down towards landing craft. 1942-1945.

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1942
1945
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Collection of U.S. Official Coast Guard images.
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Landing craft--American
War casualties
Soldiers--American