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127-GW-971-71486: Battle of Cape Gloucester, New Britain, December 1943-January 1944

127-GW-971-71486: Battle of Cape Gloucester, New Britain, December 1943-January 1944. Japanese prisoner. When Marines blasted a Japanese pillbox on Cape Gloucester, all the Japanese were killed except for one. Here the Marines are digging him out of the caved-in emplacement. Photographed by Sylvester, 27 December 1943. Official U.S. Marine Corps Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2014/7/9).
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Caption: Battle of Cape Gloucester, New Britain, December 1943-January 1944. Japanese prisoner. When Marines blasted a Japanese pillbox on Cape Gloucester, all the Japanese were killed except for one. Here the Marines are digging him out of the caved-in emplacement. Photographed by Sylvester, 27 December 1943. Official U.S. Marine Corps Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2014/7/9).
Accession #: 127-GW-971-71486
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