Marine Helping Infant
Hand of a Marine lifting tiny infant's, barely living body from hole where native islanders had been hiding to escape the battle between American and Japanese forces for control of Saipan.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.ww2incolor.com/gallery/dramatic-photos/24678/marine-helping-infant
The brainwashed civilians in Saipan had such a fear of American soldiers (the “American devils”, as they were called) that most of them chose death over surrender. I just wonder whether the baby eventually survived…