Unidentified US servicemen in a forest in various states of undress with swords in the Pacific in the 1940s
Gift of Irene Moran, from The Collection of The National WWII Museum
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Unidentified US servicemen in a forest in various states of undress with swords in the Pacific in the 1940s.
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Joseph J. Moran enlisted in the U.S. Army in April 1940 in Alabama. In April 1942 he served in the PTO in communication and telephone construction. Moran saw service on numerous Pacific islands during the war beginning with New Caledonia in 1942 ended his Pacific service in the Philippines. In April 1945 he was sent to San Francisco, California and discharged on 29 May 1945. Moran died in July 1989.
The collection follows Moran's service from Fort Bragg in 1941 to the Pacific in 1942.
Geography:
Pacific Ocean
Latitude:
-0.500
Longitude:
-91.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--American--Pacific Islands
Daggers & swords
Tents--Pacific Islands