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127-GW-971-71558: Battle of Cape Gloucester, New Britain, December 1943-January 1944

127-GW-971-71558: Battle of Cape Gloucester, New Britain, December 1943-January 1944. Japanese prisoner. Marines dig out alive Japanese, only survivor when his pillbox was blasted during the Cape Gloucester Campaign. 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. Marines dig out alive Japanese, only survivor when his pillbox was blasted during the Cape Gloucester Campaign. 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-971-71558
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