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Caption | Two US Marines with an empty stretcher ran past a dead Japanese soldier, Iwo Jima, 3 Mar 1945 ww2dbase | |||||
WW2-Era Location Name | Iwo Jima, Japan | |||||
Date | 3 Mar 1945 | |||||
Photographer | Charles Jones | |||||
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Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy Naval History and Heritage Command | |||||
Identification Code | NH 104291 | |||||
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Photos on Same Day | 3 Mar 1945 | |||||
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Licensing | Public Domain. According to the US Navy Naval History and Heritage Command, as of 21 Jul 2010: Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||
Photo Size | 740 x 571 pixels |
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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.