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A staff sergeant surveys the wreckage after a particularly grim coastal assault. He sits besides a collection of unused shells. PACIFIC: COLOURISED photos of US Marines fighting in the Pacific War?s bloodiest battles capture the true horror veterans faced. Remarkable pictures, originally taken in the Pacific theatre 80 years ago, show a battered US trooper proudly holding the Stars and Stripes aloft as his comrades scan the horizon for enemies; soldiers bracing themselves for fierce retaliation after setting off explosives at the entrance of a cave bunker hiding scores of Japanese; and forcing an enemy fighter to surrender after he emerged from a war-ravaged building. Another striking shot captures American soldiers clambering over a seawall defence on the island of Okinawa, where over 12,000 US troopers would be slaughtered. Mediadrumimages/RoystonLeonard
2020-02-22
Mediadrumimages/RoystonLeonard/Media Drum/East News
Media Drum
Mediadrumimages/RoystonLeonard
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