World War II Photograph

United States World War II photograph

After wiping out the Japanese defenders of Engebi Atoll in the Marshall Islands, Coast Guardsmen and Marines bring back a bullet-torn Japanese battle flag, captured in the invasion. here they pull along side a Coast Guard-manned transport in a landing barge and make ready to climb up the landing net. They brought out Japanese flags and guns as souvenirs of the conquest.

National Archives and Records Administration (26-G-3344)