Photograph of of Exploding Japanese Shell on Okinawa. The Japs Talk Back on Okinawa. As Marines cross the second ridge in their sweep south from the Okinawa beachhead, a Coast Guard combat photographer snaps his shutter as an enemy shell explodes. Marines can be seen racing to their foxholes to escape the flying shrapnel. After a beachhead won with surprising ease, the American forces ran up against a stiffening resistance on the Ryukyu stronghold.

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Size: 4770px × 5640px
Photo credit: © NB/USC / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: 17-a2-212, 26-, coast, guard, history, job, rdss, rg