Pfc. Rez P. Hester, 7th War Dog Platoon, 25th Regt., takes a nap while Butch, his war dog, stands guard.  Iwo Jima, February 1945.  S.Sgt. M. Kauffman.  (Marine Corps)
Exact Date Shot Unknown
NARA FILE #:  127-N-110104
WAR &amp; CONFLICT BOOK #:  882

Dog Guards Sleeping Marine

Marine Corporal Earl Brunitt (left) and Private Genare Nuzzi share a foxhole and a couple of ponchos on Okinawa with a war orphan.  April 1945.  Sgt. W.A. McBride or Sgt. Howard S. England.  (Marine Corps)
Exact Date Shot Unknown
NARA FILE #:  1127-N-118933
WAR &amp; CONFLICT BOOK #:  881

Marines Shelter War Orphan

One of the first to fall.  Wounded in the initial invasion at Empress Augusta Bay, Bougainville, this American is hoisted aboard a Coast Guard-manned transport off shore.  November 1943.  (Coast Guard)
Exact Date Shot Unknown
NARA FILE #:  026-g-3122
WAR &amp; CONFLICT BOOK #:  915