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NH 104282 "A Marine machine gun nest points towards Jap strong point."

Photo #: NH 104282 "A Marine machine gun nest points towards Jap strong point."
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Title: "A Marine machine gun nest points towards Jap strong point."
Description: Photo #: NH 104282 A Marine machine gun nest points towards Jap strong point. (quoted from the original photo caption) Probably taken on Iwo Jima during February-March 1945. Photographed by Staff Sergeant Kauffman. Note the pipe-smoking Marine at left, and the variety of weapons present. They include a .30 caliber Browning water-cooled machine gun, two M1 carbines (center and right) and an M1 rifle (left). The original photograph came from Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison's World War II history project working files Official U.S. Marine Corps Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.
Catalog #: NH 104282
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