US Army paratroopers attacking a Japanese pill box, Corregidor Island, 1945

Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. United States Army paratroopers using mortar to force Japanese soldiers from pill box. Official caption on front: "Paratroops use mortar to jar Japs from pill box. US Army Photo 159-5." Corregidor Island, Philippines. February 1945

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1945-02-
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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: 
Corregidor Island
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14.383
Longitude: 
120.583
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Paratroopers--American--Philippines
Mortars (Ordnance)--Philippines
Fortification--Japanese--Philippines
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Philippines