US blacks marines rest on Saipan Island

US blacks marines rest on Saipan Island

Sep 26, 2018 #US Army

US blacks marines

 

American black marines from the third company of providing combat ammunition rest on Saipan Island.
On the bike is an ordinary first class boykin. Antony, Shackelford, and Purdy are sitting on the trolley.
US black Marines are armed with M1 Garand rifles and M1 carbine.

 

Source of the US blacks marines: National Archives of the United States.

 

 

Location: Saipan, Mariana Islands
Date: June 1944

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