Chinese 50th Division soldier shooting at Japanese soldiers in a burning hut, Hsipaw
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
Description:
Photograph. Chinese 50th Division soldier crouching behind a fencepost and shooting at Japanese soldiers in a burning hut. Official caption on front: "50th Div. soldier fires on Japs in burning hut at Hsipaw. US Army Photo 175-10." Hsipaw, Burma [modern-day Hsipaw, Myanmar]. No date
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1944
1945
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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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Hsipaw
Latitude:
22.533
Longitude:
97.200
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--Chinese-Burma
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Burma
Fires--Burma
Huts--Burma
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Burma