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Smiling Wounded Soldier
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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 shirtless and has a sheet pulled up to his waist.
1945
Chapelle, Dickey, 1919-1965
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Wounded Men Disembarking from Hospital Ship
circa 1945
Wounded soldiers are led from the USS Samaritan, a hospital ship.
Loading Wounded Soldier onto Ship
1945
Overhead view of men loading a wounded soldier onto a hospital ship.
Wounded on the USS Samaritan
1945
A badly wounded Sergent Frank W. Mrocykowski resting aboard the USS Samaritan. His head and eye are bandaged.
Loading Wounded onto Ship
February 1945
Wounded soldiers are being loaded onto a hospital ship in Iwo Jima.
Deck of USS Samaritan
1945
View from the deck of the hospital ship, the USS Samaritan, at sea. There are other ships and a shoreline in the background.
Wounded Soldier Returned to United States
October 1, 1945
Private First Class George Bebbington, who was wounded in Iwo Jima, resting at the St. Albans Naval Hospital in the United States. He is smiling and relaxing in a bed with a cigarette in his hand.
