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Waikiki Hosts War-Related Films in Honor of Pearl Harbor 75th Anniversary
USMC Marines burrowing in the volcanic sand on the beach of Iwo Jima, Japan, 20 Feb. 1945 note LST-264 and Mount Suribachi in background.
#WW2ColourisedPhotos ... Red Beach 3, Betio Island, Tarawa. 2nd day of battle (November 22nd 1943) looking east about 11 am. The man in the middle without a helmet is Cpl. Robert E Voorhees of Helena, Montana, Company 'K', 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines carrying supplies to 1/Lt. Alexander Bonnyman Jnr., of Atlanta, Georgia, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines, 2nd Marine Division per his request of Voorhees.
Advancing Around the End of a barbed-wire entanglement, these Marines are rushing to the next cover available.
The horrors of war brought to life 70 years featuring Pacific war
Here the Marine M4A3R3 Sherman tank - nicknamed the 'Zippo' by troops goes into…
The horrors of war brought to life 70 years featuring Pacific war
A marine observes the explosions as shells pound a Japanese position on the…