M4 Sherman tanks driving on a beach, Kwajalein Atoll, 1944
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
Description:
Photograph. Three M4 Sherman tanks with deep wading vents driving onto a beach from the ocean. Official caption on front: "Medium tanks reach the Kwajalein beach, 2 Feb., 1944. US Army Photo 166-4." Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands. 2 February 1944
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02/02/1944
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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
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167.500
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Tanks (Military science)--American--Kwajalein
Sherman tank--Kwajalein
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Marshall Islands
Beaches--Kwajalein