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U.S. Army soldiers on Bougainville (one of the Solomon Islands) in World War II. Japanese forces tried infiltrating the U.S. lines at night; at dawn, the U.S. soldiers would clear them out. In this picture, infantrymen are advancing in the cover of an M4 Sherman tank. |
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This version downloaded from U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Visual Information Centre (DVIC). Image ID HD-SN-99-02844. |
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March 1944 |
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U.S. Army |
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