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Wounded soldiers stand on the ramp of an LST
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Description: Painting, Watercolor and Tempera on Paper; by Joseph Hirsch; 1943; Framed Dimensions 31H X 39W
Accession #: 88-159-EZ as a Gift of Abbott Laboratories
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These ambulatory wounded, all Marine raiders, wait on the lowered platform of an LST as it approaches Lunga Beach at Guadalcanal. The green tags indicate the specific injuries and the front line treatment administered. This particular group is returning from Rendova.

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