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Drawing of US Marines during invasion of Iwo Jima : Art 1945.

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Description: Drawing of US Marines during invasion of Iwo Jima; drawn by McMurray. ""Iwo Beachhead." This drawing depicts the hard upward push of the Leathernecks as they valiantly move upward toward the first airfield and their first objective. The two-fold story of every beachhead is repeated here - the going and coming, that is, the going forward of the still untouched troops and the coming back to the casualty ships and hospital ships of the [illegible]. In the preground a corpsman is carrying one end of a stretcher that holds a badly wounded marines. 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. 3726. Title: Iwo Beachhead. Artist: Pfc Stephen L. McMurray. Home Address: 7718 Plum St., New Orleans, LA. Where Executed: Iwo Jima.".
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