Two Marines Fall In Storming Beach On Saipan
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Two Marines Fall In Storming Beach On Saipan
July 1944
Gelatin silver print
18.7 x 24.1 cm.
Museum accession
Inscriptions verso (printed): 2649
From: Public Relations Division U.S. Coast Guard Washington, D.C.
Official U.S. Coast Guard Photo
Two Marines Fall In Storming Beach On Saipan
Jap snipers, hiding in the thickets, hit two Marines (center and left) toppling them into the sands as a landing party storms ashore in final mop-up operations in the final stages of the conquest of Saipan, Jap stronghold in the Marianas. This striking picture of battle action was made by a Coast Guard Combat Photographer just as the two Marines dropped wounded...
From: Public Relations Division U.S. Coast Guard Washington, D.C.
Official U.S. Coast Guard Photo
Two Marines Fall In Storming Beach On Saipan
Jap snipers, hiding in the thickets, hit two Marines (center and left) toppling them into the sands as a landing party storms ashore in final mop-up operations in the final stages of the conquest of Saipan, Jap stronghold in the Marianas. This striking picture of battle action was made by a Coast Guard Combat Photographer just as the two Marines dropped wounded...
