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| African-American US Coast Guardsman Fireman 1st Class Charles Tyner displaying his helmet, damaged by large shrapnel during the invasion of Southern France, circa late 1944 | British Army photographers Sergeant Dennis M. Smith, Sergeant G. Walker, and Sergeant C. M. Lewis at Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, late Sep 1944 | Map showing Japanese defensive plan at Peleliu | US Marines on Peleliu, Palau Islands, Sep 1944 |
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| US Marines waiting in their foxholes as others blast a Japanese held cave in the nearby hill, Peleliu, Palau Islands, late Sep or early Oct 1944 |
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