"A member of a Marine patrol on Saipan found this family of Japs hiding in a hillside cave. The mother, four children and a dog, took shelter from the fierce fighting in that area.", 06/21/1944
- Date
- 1944-06-21
- Photographer / author
- Corporal Angus Robertson
- Archive
- U.S. National Archives (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 3,000 × 2,465 pixels
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""A member of a Marine patrol on Saipan found this family of Japs hiding in a hillside cave. The mother, four children and a dog, took shelter from the fierce fighting in that area.", 06/21/1944" (1944-06-21). Corporal Angus Robertson. U.S. National Archives, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%22A_member_of_a_Marine_patrol_on_Saipan_found_this_family_of_Japs_hiding_in_a_hillside_cave._The_mother,_four_children_an_-_NARA_-_532380.tifNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 4740.
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