Keywords: outdoor 127-GW-741-96699: Battle of Peleliu (Operation Stalemate), September-November 1944. These African-American Marines are from Youngstown, Ohio, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are on Peleliu Island and acting as stretcher bearers. They have just retruned from the front lines and are catching a couple of minutes rest before returning to the lines. Photographed by McBride, September 1944. U.S. Marine Corps Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/09/06). 127-GW-741-96699: Battle of Peleliu (Operation Stalemate), September-November 1944. These African-American Marines are from Youngstown, Ohio, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are on Peleliu Island and acting as stretcher bearers. They have just retruned from the front lines and are catching a couple of minutes rest before returning to the lines. Photographed by McBride, September 1944. U.S. Marine Corps Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/09/06). |