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80-G-274695 Underwater demolition team at work.

Underwater demolition team at work.
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Title: Underwater demolition team at work.
Caption: In their mission at Okinawa, UDT members daubed aluminum paint on their bodies as camouflage to throw off Japanese marksmen. Photographed on the fantail of a fast transport (APD), circa Spring 1945. Photographed released 31 August 1945.
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Catalog #: 80-G-274695
Copyright Owner: National Archives
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After this Year: 1939
Before this Year: 1945
Original Medium: BW Photo
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