80-G-476059: Invasion of Saipan, June-July 1944
![80-G-476059: Invasion of Saipan, June-July 1944. Painless Dentistry at the Front. A U.S. Marine dentist sets up his office on Saipan, using a Japanese box as a footrest, a Japanese pail as a waste-bucket, and a Japanese shrine (left background) as décor for his waiting room. In order to keep his dentistry really “painless” a U.S. Marine patrol nearby kept on the alert for Japanese snipers. Photographed by Lieutenant Paul Dorsey, July 1944, TR-10216. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2017/03/15). 80-G-476059: Invasion of Saipan, June-July 1944. Painless Dentistry at the Front. A U.S. Marine dentist sets up his office on Saipan, using a Japanese box as a footrest, a Japanese pail as a waste-bucket, and a Japanese shrine (left background) as décor for his waiting room. In order to keep his dentistry really “painless” a U.S. Marine patrol nearby kept on the alert for Japanese snipers. Photographed by Lieutenant Paul Dorsey, July 1944, TR-10216. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2017/03/15).](/content/history/museums/nmusn/explore/photography/wwii/wwii-pacific/mariana-islands/saipan/80-g-476059/_jcr_content/mediaitem/image.img.jpg/1679656273817.jpg)
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- World War II 1939-1945
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