The Dead At Peleliu - Row On Row
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The Dead At Peleliu - Row On Row

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Photograph

The Dead At Peleliu - Row On Row

September 1944
Gelatin silver print
18.8 x 24.1 cm.
Museum accession
Inscriptions verso-(printed) "2857" "From: Public Relations Division U.S. Coast
Guard Washington, D.C." "Official Coast Guard Photo"
"The Dead At Peleliu - Row On Row" The Japanese defenders of Peleliu
Island in the Palaus fought fanatically against the American invaders.
This grim photo, made by a Coast Guard Combat Photographer, shows
American dead shrouded in canvas and blankets awaiting removal to a
South Seas graveyard. After two weeks of terrific battle, the
Americans had driven their stubborn foes into a narrow pocket ..."
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