US Army soldiers flushing out a Japanes pillbox, Marshall Islands, 1944
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. Armed United States Army soldiers surrounding the entrance of a camouflaged Japanese pillbox. Official caption on front: "Flushing Japs from camouflaged concrete pillbox. US Army Photo 166-8." Marshall Islands. 1944
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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:
Marshall Islands
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11.000
Longitude:
168.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--American--Marshall Islands
Forts & fortifications--Japanese--Marshall Islands
Camouflage (Military science)--Japanese--Marshall Islands
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Marshall Islands