US Marine using Japanese communication equipment, Saipan, 1944
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. Two United States Marines using a confiscated Japanese communication equipment. Official caption on front: "Using captured Jap equipment on Saipan Island, Marianas. Marine Corps Photo 23-9." Saipan, Mariana Islands. 1944
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1944-06-
1944-07-
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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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Saipan
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Marines (Military personnel)--Saipan
Communication devices--Saipan
Communication devices--Saipan
Military uniforms--American--Saipan