Marine Private First Class Douglas Lightheart (right) cradles a 30-caliber machine gun in his lap, while he and his buddy Private First Class Gerald Churchby take time out for a cigarette, while mopping up the enemy on Peleliu Islands; General notes: Use War and Conflict Number 874 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this Marine on the left has been tentatively identified through information received by the National Archives as being Gerald P. Thursby, Sr. of Akron, Ohio, not Gerald Churchby.

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