A Marine of the US 1st Marines Division pointed his Thompson submachine gun at a Japanese sniper, Okinawa, Japan, Apr-Jun 1945

Caption     A Marine of the US 1st Marines Division pointed his Thompson submachine gun at a Japanese sniper, Okinawa, Japan, Apr-Jun 1945 ww2dbase
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Source    ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives
Identification Code   127-N-123170
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Photo Size 1,386 x 1,105 pixels
Photos on Same Day 30 Apr 1945
Added By David Stubblebine
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1. Andy says:
7 Aug 2009 09:21:47 PM

From a book I have on Okinawa:
Two Marines, Davis P. Hargraves with Thompson submachine gun and Gabriel Chavarria with BAR, of 2d Battalion, 1st Marines, advance on Wana Ridge on 18 May 1945."

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