Marine Corps photographs from World War II [graphic], circa 1941-1945.

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Marine Corps photographs from World War II [graphic], circa 1941-1945.

Sixty one (61) photographs, published by the Official Photos Company, relating to the U.S. Marine Corps in World War II, including barracks near Klamath Falls, Oregon, and action on Kwajalein. Also includes three (3) postcards and two (2) brochures from the Family Clinic at the Marine barracks.

1 folder.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8136026

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United States. Marine Corps

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The U.S. Marine Corps was established on November 10, 1775. From the description of Papers, 1933-1945. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 754107146 The history of the Marine Corps Navajo Code Talkers dates from 1942-1945. In 1942, a white man by the name of Phillip Johnston, who had lived on a Navajo reservation for many years of his life, conceived an idea that he thought might help the war. He believed that the Navajo language, a verbal, rarely-written language, coul...

Official Photos Company,

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