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Local natives, one of whom is wearing a crucifix, assisting US Navy man Charles Pallein w. ironing at a field laundry station for US troops occupying the Tarawa Atoll.
Location:Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands
Date taken:March 1944
Photographer:J. R. Eyerman
Size:1280 x 969 pixels (17.8 x 13.5 inches)
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