Wounded US servicemen being transported off of Guam, Mariana Islands, 1944
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. Wounded United States serviceman lying on the deck of a landing craft while Coast Guardsmen stand and sit around him. Official caption on front: "Removing wounded from the beach at Guam. Coast Guard Photo 222-10." Guam, 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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Guam Island
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--American--Guam
World War, 1939-1945--Casualties--American--Guam
Landing craft--American--Guam
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Guam
Medical aspects of war--Guam
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Guam