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Drawing of US Marines under mortar fire on Iwo Jima : Art 1945.

America in World War Two: Oral Histories and Personal Accounts Available online

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America in World War Two: Oral Histories and Personal Accounts Available online

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Description: Drawing of US Marines under mortar fire on Iwo Jima; drawn by McMurray. ""The explosion." A huge mortar shell has just landed in front of the advancing Marines raining destruction and death among their ranks. Some survive, some are wounded and some die violently. But regardless of the cost and no matter how many such explosions, their spirit overcomes all and they continue on until the mission is accomplished. Pfc. Stephen McMurray, Hqs. Co. Hqs. Bn., Div. [illegible] troops, 4th Marine Div. 90 A.P.O. San Francisco, Cal. August 2, 1945." "Pic. No. 3724. Title: The Explosion. Artist: Pfc Stephen L. McMurray. Home Address: 7718 Plum St., New Orleans, LA. Where Executed: Iwo Jima.".
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