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

Marine Casualties

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

These Marines, begrimed and weary from two days and two nights of fighting, are typical of the conquerors of Eniwetok Atoll.  Pfc. Faris M. (Bob) Tuohy, 19, is the Marine holding the coffee cup.  Ca.  1944.  CPhoM. Ray R. Platnick.  (Coast Guard)
Exact Date Shot Unknown
NARA FILE #:  026-G-3345
WAR &amp; CONFLICT BOOK #:  926