Wounded US Marine being transported, Guam, 1944
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. Wounded United States Marine being lowered down a cliff with a makeshift aerial tramway. Official caption on front: "Aerial team moves wounded from Guam cliff. Marine Corps Photo 19-14." 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:
Marines (Military personnel)--Guam
World War, 1939-1945--Casualties--American--Guam
War casualties--Guam
Aerial tramways--Guam
Cliffs--Guam