Six Marines pose outside of the USO building, Honolulu, August 1945
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Photograph. Six Marines pose on the street outside of the USO building in Honolulu. Personal caption on photo reverse: "20 Aug '45 Hawaii / Back Row: Louis, 'Whitey', Zack, / Front Row: Meltzer, Harry, -- Front of the Army-Navy USO in Downtown Honolulu." Honolulu. 20 August 1945
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08/20/1945
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Items from the service of Mr. Rogers Lional Hogan, who was born in Gretna, Louisiana, on July 18, 1917. Hogan worked for the Times-Picayune newspaper in New Orleans before he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in February of 1941. Hogan served in the Pacific Theatre. He was in Saipan and Guam in 1944 and spent the rest of the war in Hawaii at the Fleet Marine Force, Pacific (FMFPAC) base through the summer of 1946. The collection includes 473 photographs depicting Hogan's time in the Pacific Theatre.
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Hawaii
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20.000
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-157.833