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Flight Nurse with Wounded
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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, and marine Corporal John H. Kerr, right, from the 4th Division. The two men are both sitting on a pile of baggage while awaiting takeoff near Iwo Jima. Berier has a bandaged head. Kerr is wearing ripped clothing and has his arm in a sling.
1945
Chapelle, Dickey, 1919-1965
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