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Two US Marines with an empty stretcher ran past a dead Japanese soldier, Iwo Jima, 3 Mar 1945

Caption     Two US Marines with an empty stretcher ran past a dead Japanese soldier, Iwo Jima, 3 Mar 1945 ww2dbase
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Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Identification Code   NH 104291
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Photo Size 740 x 571 pixels
Photos on Same Day 3 Mar 1945
Photos at Same Place Iwo Jima, Japan
Added By C. Peter Chen
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1. John Everett Watkins says:
3 Mar 2010 11:59:14 AM

Most stretcher bearers were bandsmen. They would run so they were out of step so as not to bounce the wounded man on the litter.

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