
Caption | A Marine of the US 1st Marines Division pointed his Thompson submachine gun at a Japanese sniper, Okinawa, Japan, Apr-Jun 1945 ww2dbase | ||||||||
Photographer | Walter F. Kleine | ||||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives | ||||||||
Identification Code | 127-N-123170 | ||||||||
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Photo Size | 1,386 x 1,105 pixels | ||||||||
Photos on Same Day | 30 Apr 1945 | ||||||||
Added By | David Stubblebine | ||||||||
Licensing | Public Domain. According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010: Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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7 Aug 2009 09:21:47 PM
From a book I have on Okinawa:
Two Marines, Davis P. Hargraves with Thompson submachine gun and Gabriel Chavarria with BAR, of 2d Battalion, 1st Marines, advance on Wana Ridge on 18 May 1945."