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Hacking a Path Through a Jungle

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Description: A soldier hacks a path through a jungle in Panama with a machete while smoking a cigarette.
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Sgt. Vincent Brencick, Injured Soldier

Date: 1945
Description: Sgt. Vincent Brencick, USMC, IV Division, commander and sole survivor of the crew of the General Sherman tank Capetown, set afire by a mine. Sgt. Br...
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Flight Nurse and Wounded

Date: 03 1945
Description: At Iwo Jima Airfield #1 Gwen Jensen, a flight nurse, talks with wounded Marines who are about to be evacuated by airplane. Mount Surabachi, from which the ...
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Soldier from the 14th Infantry

Date: 1942
Description: A soldier from the 18th Infantry near Fort Davis, Panama, rests after cutting through a jungle. He is wearing fatigues and is sitting down.
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Tank Landing Ship 929

Date: 04 04 1945
Description: Tank Landing Ship 929 during an operation in Buckner Bay, Okinawa. Other ships are in the background.
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Hospital Ship USS Samaritan

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Description: Deck of the hospital ship USS Samaritan at sea. There are various forms of bedding and mattresses airing out on the railings and on the deck.
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Doctor Tends to Wounded Man

Date: 02 1945
Description: Lt. Commander Leonard (Leo) Thelen, Commanding Officer of the hospital, taking the pulse of a Marine line officer whose legs have been injured by shrapnel.
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Medic and Wounded Marine

Date: 1945
Description: A badly wounded Marine suffers with an abdominal injury in Iwo Jima. A medic is sitting near him checking his identification tag.
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Cemetery for War Dead from Iwo Jima

Date: 03 1945
Description: The cemetery for the war dead on Guam. The body of a fighting man who died of wounds received during the battle for Iwo Jima is being lowered into the eart...
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Front at Nago

Date: 1945
Description: The front at Nago, Okinawa. A uniformed soldier stands on a rocky outcropping near bushes. Misty or smoky hillsides are visible in the background.
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Soldiers in Panama

Date: 1942
Description: View from behind towards two soldiers lying on a hill among shrubs overlooking a hilly landscape with a submachine gun. The soldiers are wearing fatigues a...
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Officers Consult Map

Date: 1942
Description: Officers and non-commissioned officers squatting to consult a map on the ground near Fort Davis, Panama. The men are wearing fatigues and have sub-machine ...
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Soldier on Horse

Date: 1942
Description: A soldier from the 14th Infantry riding on horseback through a jungle in Panama. He is wearing wet fatigues and has a rifle slung over his shoulder.
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Wounded Marine on Ship Deck

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Description: Marine Roy Elgin Jones lays wounded on the deck of the USS "Samaritan" in Iwo Jima. A medic sits next to him filling out a card on a clipboard.
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Deck of USS Samaritan

Date: 1945
Description: View from the deck of the hospital ship, the USS Samaritan, at sea. There are other ships and a shoreline in the background.
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Fording a Stream

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Description: View from above of a soldier fording a stream with grassy banks near Fort Davis, Panama, holding his rifle over his head. He is wearing fatigues and a bac...
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Divison Surgeon Okinawa

Date: 1945
Description: Captain Don Knowlton, a U.S. Marine division Surgeon, posing for a photograph outdoors in Okinawa, Japan. He is wearing fatigues and a helmet and is standi...
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Explosion at Rio Hato Infantry Artillery School

Date: 12 1942
Description: An explosion set by trainees at Rio Hato Infantry Artillery School in Panama in a rural area, with trees and shrubs in the forground.
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Soldier Stacking Ammunition

Date: 1942
Description: A soldier stacks ammunition for a coastal gun in Panama near a stone wall. The soldier is being handed a case of ammunition. He is wearing a helmet and pan...
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Patrol in a Canoe in the Rain

Date: 1942
Description: A patrol from the 14th Infantry canoeing in the rain in Panama. Three men in fatigues holding sub-machine guns are sitting in a canoe.

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