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Two Japanese Imperial Marines who committed suicide by shooting themselves rather than surrender to U.S. Marines, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands in the Pacific.

Source

Library of Congress

Date

ca 1943

Author

Official U.S. Marine Corps photograph

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current 04:10, 30 December 2007 1,496×851 (598 KB) Fir0002 ({{Information |Description=Two Japanese Imperial Marines who committed hari-kari by shooting themselves rather than surrender to a U.S. Marine, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands in the Pacific |Source=Library of Congress |Date=ca 1943 |Author=Official U.S. Marine C)
17:03, 16 July 2007 1,496×1,138 (634 KB) Madmax32 ({{Information |Description=Two Japanese Imperial Marines who committed hari-kari by shooting themselves rather than surrender to a U.S. Marine, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands in the Pacific |Source=Library of Congress |Date=ca 1943 |Author=Official U.S. Marine C)
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