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Australian nuns of the Order of the Sacred Heart stand outside church they refused to leave during the Japanese occupation of the islands. (on 2nd day of the US attack, local natives overheard the Japanese planning to kill the nuns and helped to get themto safety.)
Location:Noto, Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands
Date taken:March 1944
Photographer:J. R. Eyerman
Size:1280 x 965 pixels (17.8 x 13.4 inches)

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