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Jeep Tows a Glider

A jeep provides a tow for a U.S. Marine glider at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C. in May 1942. (Library of Congress, fsac.1a35111.)  

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Marine Pilots Paint More Jap Flags

Marine fighter pilots during the Guadalcanal air battles from Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin, NAVPERS, August 1943: In the Tropics: Marine Pilots Paint More Jap Flags These Marine fighter pilots, as their score board shows, shot down 12 Japanese planes … Continue reading

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USMC Trucks

Color photographs of USMC trucks and men at New River, North Carolina in May 1942 from the Library of Congress.

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