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80-G-239299: Invasion of Tinian, July-August 1944

80-G-239299: Invasion of Tinian, July-August 1944. A U.S. Marine who died in the assault on Tinian Island is given the highest military honor – burial at sea. Lieutenant Joseph P. F. Gallagher, USNR, Catholic Chaplain attached to the Second Marine Division reads the burial prayers, released August 4, 1944. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2017/03/07).
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Caption: Invasion of Tinian, July-August 1944. A U.S. Marine who died in the assault on Tinian Island is given the highest military honor – burial at sea. Lieutenant Joseph P. F. Gallagher, USNR, Catholic Chaplain attached to the Second Marine Division reads the burial prayers, released August 4, 1944. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2017/03/07).
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