U.S. Marines during battle for the island of Tinian, Northern Marianas, 5-6 miles south of the island of Saipan; July 1944.


Advancing forward

A group of Marines are resting next to an LVT (Landing Vehicle Tracked) numbered 23 on Red Beach of Tarawa atoll, north-east of Australia in the Central Pacific ocean.


Resting on the beach

1944- Photo snapped by U.S. Marine Corps combat photographer just as fellow Marine begins to fall after being struck by shrapnel from a Japanese mortar shell on Saipan.
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