| Caption | Marine Col Chesty Puller greets a Navy Admiral at the 1st Marines command post on Peleliu, Sep 18 1944. ww2dbase | ||||||||
| Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Marine Corps | ||||||||
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| Photos on Same Day | 18 Sep 1944 | ||||||||
| Added By | David Stubblebine | ||||||||
| Added Date | 2 Mar 2013 | ||||||||
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| Licensing | Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government". | ||||||||
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| Lat/Long | 7.0076, 134.2341 |
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From right to left is col puller then corporal Bert D. Canup demolition squad leader then shaking hands with Puller is General Roy S. Geiger commander of 3rd Marine Amphibious Force