Browning M1917A1 machine gun crew of US 96th Division on the top of Mount Yaese, southern Okinawa, Japan, 18 Jun 1945; note yellow cloth front lines marker on right

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Caption     Browning M1917A1 machine gun crew of US 96th Division on the top of Mount Yaese, southern Okinawa, Japan, 18 Jun 1945; note yellow cloth front lines marker on right ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Okinawa, Japan
Date 18 Jun 1945
Photographer    Unknown
 
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Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Army via Wikimedia Commons
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Photos on Same Day 18 Jun 1945
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1. Anonymous says:
4 Oct 2010 11:12:09 PM

My Dad's military papers say he returned to USA from Australia. He was in 96th Division. He spoke of a battlefield of soldiers that left code messages. Any info? Janvier
2. jeff says:
5 Dec 2011 11:30:58 PM

indian code talkers from the usa.native indians.

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