US Coast Guard unloading supplies onto a beach, Namur Island, 1944
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
Description:
Photograph. United States Coast Guardsmen unloading equipment, supplies, and vehicles onto a beach; landing craft and ships are in the ocean in the background. Official caption on front: "Coast Guard manned craft pour supplies ashore at Namur. Coast Guard Photo 200-6." Namur Island, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands. 1944
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1944-01-
1944-02-
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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.
Geography:
Kwajalein
Latitude:
9.250
Longitude:
167.500
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Equipment & supplies--Kwajalein
Vehicles, military--American--Kwajalein
Kwajalein Atoll, Battle of, Marshall Islands, 1944
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Marshall Islands
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Marshall Islands