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After 62 days on Okinawa, Marines of the 22nd Regiment are finally relieved. June 2, 1945.(rudeerude)
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After 62 days on Okinawa, Marines of the 22nd Regiment are finally relieved. June 2, 1945.(rudeerude)
Not a lot of laughing and joking going on. What is the second from the right guy holding?
The two things you mentioned were exactly what I thought when I saw this photo! Weird
It's a Japanese stringed instrument.
After 62 days on Okinawa,
When you picture 62 days in contact, there was almost nothing in Europe to compare. Maybe the Hurtgen Forest. These guys are probably one step short of blowing their own brains out to get relief...just utterly exhausted.
They all seem to be staring a 1000 yards in a different direction.