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Bringing a Dead Marine Back from the Front

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4 United States Marines carrying the covered body of a dead Marine on a stretcher. United States Marine Corps Corporal William Hoover (November 10, 1923 – July 9, 2006), 2nd Armored Amphibious Tank Battalion attached to the 2nd Marine Division, says these 4 men were with his unit and their LVT armtrac was destroyed, so they were detailed to burial duty. Note that several of the men wear rubber gloves to handle corpses in the tropical heat.
Image Filename wwii2249.jpg
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Image Dimensions 3526 x 2556
Photographer
Photographer Title United States Army Signal Corps
Caption Author Written or Adapted by Jason McDonald
Date Photographed June 16, 1944
Location
City
State or Province Saipan
Country Marianas
Archive National World War II Museum
Record Number 2013.495.015
Status Caption ©2026 MFA Productions LLC Please Do Not Duplicate or Distribute Without Permission; Image in the Public Domain

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