11-349 Garand Picture of the Day -Saipan

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American soldier pointing rifle into bunker during fighting in final days of invasion.
Location: Saipan, Marianas Islands
Date taken: 1944
Photographer: W. Eugene Smith

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Exhausted US Marines in retreat after powerful surprise attack by 3 Red Chinese divisions on Allied forces in North Korea.
Location: Korea
Date taken: December 1950
Photographer: Frank C. Kerr

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Exhausted Marines resting on side of a mud road.
Location: Korea (South)
Date taken: March 1951
Photographer: Carl Mydans

I think they are resting while a squad moves forward to deal with a small ambush. I have some terrific photos of it that I'm saving for back covers of the Journal.