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U.S. Army soldiers during the
Bougainville campaign
(in the
Solomon Islands
) during
World War II
.
Japanese forces
tried infiltrating the U.S. lines at night; at dawn, the U.S. soldiers would clear them out. In this picture,
infantrymen
are advancing in the cover of an
M4 Sherman
tank.
Photo credit:
United States Army
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