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Group of Gilbert Island natives using classic thumb gesture to hitchhike a ride from an oncoming American jeep during Allied occupation of the atoll after routing Japanese forces in the area
Location:Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands
Date taken:March 1944
Photographer:J. R. Eyerman
Size:1280 x 990 pixels (17.8 x 13.8 inches)
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