Two monkeys captured during the battle for Saipan by two Marines of the 2nd Marine Division.
Left to right: Privates First Class Wilburn A. Malone, 30, of 507 South 80th St., Birmingham, Ala., and Walter L. Beech, 22, Route 2, Maselle, Miss. 20 July, 1944. Photographer: S/Sgt. Roy Olund.
- Date
- 1944-07-20
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- Signal Corps Archive from United States
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- Wikimedia Commons
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- photograph
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