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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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Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||||||
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2. jeff says:
5 Dec 2011 11:30:58 PM
indian code talkers from the usa.native indians.
5 Dec 2011 11:30:58 PM
indian code talkers from the usa.native indians.
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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