Men preparing grave markers while another finishes an ornate sign to adorn a US Marine 2 Div. graveyard on Tarawa ,1944(rudeerude)

US Marine 2 Div

This picture of Ernie Pyle's body, taken soon after he was killed by a Japanese bullet, was never released to the public. The man who took the picture, Army photographer Alexander Roberts, told a friend of Pyle's that the War Department withheld it "out of deference" to Pyle's ailing widow, Jerry.(ruderude)

Death of Ernie Pyle

Marines on the black sand beach of Iwo Jima(rudeerude)