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Small Mortar Loading

Marines loading a mortar in a foxhole
Description: Drawing, Charcoal on Paper; by Kerr Eby; 1944; Framed Dimensions 39H X 31W
Accession #: 88-159-DU as a Gift of Abbot Laboratories
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Partially protected by a log-topped foxhole in the New Britain jungle, Marines load a small mortar while a comrade gets instructions by telephone during the battle for Cape Gloucester.

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