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• Description: Marine Pfc. Douglas Lightheart (right) cradles his 30-cal. machine gun in his lap, while he and his buddy Pfc. Gerald Thursby Sr. take time out for a cigarette, while mopping up the enemy on Peleliu Island, September 14, 1944. Note that the surname of the second soldier was misidentified as Churchby by the photographer and for many years subsequently. Akron Beacon Journal '
• Source: NARA [https://www.archives.gov/research_room/research_topics/world_waLr_2_photos/world_war

_2_photos.html Pictures of World War II], specifically ww2_40.jpg. .

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Object location	7° 30′ 00″ N, 134° 30′ 00″ E	View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap	7.500000; 134.500000