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Description 80-G-207831: This highway, hacked through the heavy Bougainville jungle, was dedicated to Marine Major Glenn Fisssell, who gave his life in an effort to rescue a wounded enlisted man during “The Coconut Grove Battle,” November 1943. Photograph released January 14, 1944. U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/06/21).
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Author National Museum of the U.S. Navy

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Photograph Curator at https://flickr.com/photos/127906254@N06/27212187264 (archive). It was reviewed on 12 July 2018 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the Public Domain Mark.

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