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| Description: | Sgt. Vincent Brencick, USMC, IV Division, commander and sole survivor of the crew of the General Sherman tank Capetown, set afire by a mine. Sgt. Br... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Cartoon showing a man looking at the following text: "Look at the facts, in 11 days war casualties 15,883, civilian casualties 24,812." |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Confederate graves in the Forest Hill Cemetery. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Overhead view of men loading a wounded soldier onto a hospital ship. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Marines, killed in action, lie on stretchers covered with ponchos on the beach at Iwo Jima. Four marines attend to the dead. Tents, military boats, and an ... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Private first class, John W. Hood, wearing dogtags smiles after a blood transfusion on the USS Samaritan in Iwo Jima. He is bandaged and is holding ... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Overhead view of wounded soldiers being transported to the USS "Samaritan". |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | A badly wounded Marine suffers with an abdominal injury in Iwo Jima. A medic is sitting near him checking his identification tag. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Martha Pratt, assistant field director at the Red Cross hospital in Saipan, participates in conversational therapy with a soldier wounded in Iwo Jima. Prat... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Flight nurse, Gwen Jensen, wearing a jumpsuit and a cap, standing and waiting with near an airplane with marine Private First Class George Berier, left, an... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Flight nurse, Gwen Jensen, with Private first class George Berier. Berier's head is wrapped in gauze, and he is preparing to take medicine. Jensen is weari... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Flight nurse, Gwen Jensen, on a plane with wounded soldiers. Jensen is wearing a jumpsuit. There are stretchers attached to the sides of the plane with wou... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | A body on a stretcher is lying on the deck of the USS "Samaritan." The body is covered by a blanket, except for an arm which has a small tattoo. Behind the... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Private First Class George Pantaloni in a plaster cast aboard the USS Samaritan. He is lying in a cot and smiling. Behind him are more cots with oth... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Second Lieutenant Louis Connick smiling for a photograph aboard USS Samaritan, a hospital ship. He is lying in a bed and holding a cigarette. He is ... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | A nurse aboard the USS Samaritan feeding a wounded soldier. The man is sitting up in bed as the nurse is raising a fork full of food to his mouth. T... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | A badly wounded Sergent Frank W. Mrocykowski resting aboard the USS Samaritan. His head and eye are bandaged. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | A woman with a badge marked "Bell Telephone System" is holding a telephone cradle while handing a wounded marine a telephone receiver. The marine is lying ... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Marine corporal with his arm in a sling after being shot in the upper arm at Iwo Jima. Another wounded soldier sits beside him with a bandage on his head. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Three male medical personnel operate on a wounded soldier while a female medic administers anaesthetic. |
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