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Description Two Japanese Imperial Marines who committed suicide by shooting themselves rather than surrender to U.S. Marines, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands in the Pacific.
Date circa 1943
date QS:P,+1943-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source Library of Congress
Author Official U.S. Marine Corps photograph

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