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80-G-212211: Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands, January 1944

80-G-212211: Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands, January 1944. These five Marines put up the signpost on Tarawa to make themselves feel at home, then posed for this hitch-hiking picture, January 29, 1944. U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2017/05/02).
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Caption: Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands, January 1944. These five Marines put up the signpost on Tarawa to make themselves feel at home, then posed for this hitch-hiking picture, January 29, 1944. U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2017/05/02).
Accession #: 80-G-212211
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