HC&M: "On the way", original photo of 2nd Marine Division 81MM mortar crew on Saipan


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Name "On the way", original photo of 2nd Marine Division 81MM mortar crew on Saipan

Catalog ID HCM3151
Year 1944
Description Original photograph of Marine mortar crew on Saipan, with paper description stapled to the top left: "2nd Mar.Div. | Saipan Operation, June 28, 1944. | 'ON THE WAY'--Another mortar shell heads | out over the battered city of Garapan into Jap | held areas. These mortar men even fired Jap | ammunition back at the Nips in some of the | barrages, saving their own ammunition for more | accurate firing. | Photo by Cpl. C.G.Jolly. | W.O. J.F.Leopold, Photo Officer."

Added 2014-11-18 01:18:51 (updated 2020-05-25 21:55:17)
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