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Description

Two Japanese Imperial Marines who committed suicide by shooting themselves rather than surrender to U.S. Marines, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands in the Pacific.
Source

Library of Congress
Date

ca 1943
Author

Official U.S. Marine Corps photograph
Permission
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Public domain This image is in the public domain because it contains materials that originally came from the United States Marine Corps. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain. United States Marine Corps
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current04:10, 30 December 20071,496×851 (598 KB)Fir0002 ({{Information |Description=Two Japanese Imperial Marines who committed hari-kari by shooting themselves rather than surrender to a U.S. Marine, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands in the Pacific |Source=Library of Congress |Date=ca 1943 |Author=Official U.S. Marine C)
17:03, 16 July 20071,496×1,138 (634 KB)Madmax32 ({{Information |Description=Two Japanese Imperial Marines who committed hari-kari by shooting themselves rather than surrender to a U.S. Marine, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands in the Pacific |Source=Library of Congress |Date=ca 1943 |Author=Official U.S. Marine C)