US Marines relieving Japanese garrison, China, 1945

Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. United States Marines relieving Japanese garrison. Official caption on front: "6th Div. troops relieve Jap garrison at Tsingtao. Marine Corps Photo 26-3." Qingdao, China. 1945

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Date: 
1945-08-
1945-11-
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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: 
Qingdao
Latitude: 
36.067
Longitude: 
120.367
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Marines (Military personnel)--China
Soldiers--Japanese--China
Soldiers--Japanese--China
Military uniforms--Japanese--China
Military uniforms--American--China