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Marine Marshall Islands

Colorized by CupOfJoe. Back to a Coast Guard assault transport comes this Marine after two days and nights of Hell on the beach of Eniwetok in the Marshall Islands. His face is grimey with coral dust but the light of battle stays in his eyes. February 1944. (Coast Guard)

Exact Date Shot Unknown

NARA FILE #: 026-G-3394

WAR & CONFLICT BOOK #: 1198

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Uploaded on April 5, 2011
Taken on March 12, 2011