10-099 Garand Picture of the Day

[Mark in Rochester]

American soldiers struggling to help wounded during WWII action on Orote Pennisula.
Location: Guam
Date taken: 1944
Photographer: W. Eugene Smith






Description: First flag on Guam on boat hook mast. Two U.S. officers plant the American flag on Guam eight minutes after U.S. Marines and Army assault troops landed on the Central Pacific island on July 20, 1944.

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