Original caption: “A Marine dashes through Japanese machine gun fire while crossing a draw, called Death Valley by the men fighting there. Marines sustained more than 125 casualties in eight hours crossing this valley. Okinawa, May 10, 1945.”
Marine Charging Japanese Machine Guns on Okinawa
- 5/10/1945
Description
This primary source comes from the Records of the U.S. Marine Corps.
National Archives Identifier: 532554
Full Citation: War and Conflict 1229; 127-N-120562; Photograph of a Marine Charging Japanese Machine Guns on Okinawa; 5/10/1945; General Photograph File of the U.S. Marine Corps, 1927–1981; Records of the U.S. Marine Corps, Record Group 127; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/marine-charging-japanese-machine-okinawa/, April 4, 2026]
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