127-GW-971-71486: Battle of Cape Gloucester, New Britain, December 1943-January 1944
![127-GW-971-71486: Battle of Cape Gloucester, New Britain, December 1943-January 1944. Japanese prisoner. When Marines blasted a Japanese pillbox on Cape Gloucester, all the Japanese were killed except for one. Here the Marines are digging him out of the caved-in emplacement. Photographed by Sylvester, 27 December 1943. Official U.S. Marine Corps Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2014/7/9). 127-GW-971-71486: Battle of Cape Gloucester, New Britain, December 1943-January 1944. Japanese prisoner. When Marines blasted a Japanese pillbox on Cape Gloucester, all the Japanese were killed except for one. Here the Marines are digging him out of the caved-in emplacement. Photographed by Sylvester, 27 December 1943. Official U.S. Marine Corps Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2014/7/9).](/content/history/museums/nmusn/explore/photography/wwii/wwii-pacific/south-southwestern-pacific/new-britain-campaign/battle-cape-gloucester/127-gw-971-71486/_jcr_content/mediaitem/image.img.jpg/1679069173529.jpg)
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