A Rustle of Skirts in the Roar of Battle. A Rustle of Skirts in the Roar of Battle. A Filipino woman scurries for shelter in this unusual picture by a Coast Guard combat photographer at the height of the first-day assault on the beaches of Luzon. Behind the palm trees crouch American troops, their rifles ready to return the fire from hiding Jap snipers, as the woman retreats over a short-cut across the space called "no man's land.".

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Size: 5640px × 4753px
Photo credit: © NB/USC / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 17-a2-212, 26-, coast, guard, history, job, rdss, rg