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80-G-216607 Eniwetok Operation, February 1944.

Eniwetok Operation, February 1944.
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Title: Eniwetok Operation, February 1944.
Caption: Two marines take cover behind the body of a Japanese soldier, during fighting on Parry Island, Eniwetok Atoll, 22-23 February 1944. The helmet of a third marine is visible in the left center distance. Taken by a Coast Guard photographer, whose camera was later destroyed when he was blown into a foxhole by a Japanese mortar shell explosion.
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Catalog #: 80-G-216607
Copyright Owner: National Archives
Original Creator: Taken by an unidentified photographer of the U.S. Coast Guard.
Original Date: Tue, Feb 22, 1944
After this Year: 1939
Before this Year: 1945
Original Medium: BW Photo
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