Close-Up of Dead Soldiers on Battlefield

Close-Up of Dead Soldiers on Battlefield

United States. Navy; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Japan; War casualties--Photographs

The image is a close up of a dead Japanese soldier, laying face up and arms overhead. There is a man standing in the foreground, gun pointed down, whose legs and hand on the gun are the only parts visible. More dead soldiers are in the background of the image. 53 is printed in black ink on the back of the photograph.

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A close-up of a dead Japanese soldier, with a man standing nearby, gun pointed down, whose legs and the hand on the gun are the only part that is shown. More dead soldiers are in the background of the image.

circa 1945

37

4.5 x 3.5"

Photograph

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