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Covering Fire!

A Marine of the 1st Marine Division draws a bead on a Japanese sniper with his tommy-gun as his companion ducks for cover. The division is working to take Wana Ridge before the town of Shuri. Okinawa, 1945. S.Sgt. Walter F. Kleine. (Marine Corps) Exact Date Shot Unknown NARA FILE #: 127-N-123170 WAR & CONFLICT BOOK #: 1228


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Marines of 2/1 fighting on Wana Ridge, Okinawa–18 May 1945. At left, Davis Hargraves provides covering fire with his M1 Thompson while BAR man Gabriel Chavarria moves.