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Description	Two Japanese Imperial Marines who committed suicide by shooting themselves rather than surrender to U.S. Marines, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands in the Pacific.
Source	Library of Congress
Date	ca 1943
Author	Official U.S. Marine Corps photograph
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current	04:10, 30 December 2007	1,496×851 (598 KB)	Fir0002	({{Information \|Description=Two Japanese Imperial Marines who committed hari-kari by shooting themselves rather than surrender to a U.S. Marine, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands in the Pacific \|Source=Library of Congress \|Date=ca 1943 \|Author=Official U.S. Marine C)
	17:03, 16 July 2007	1,496×1,138 (634 KB)	Madmax32	({{Information \|Description=Two Japanese Imperial Marines who committed hari-kari by shooting themselves rather than surrender to a U.S. Marine, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands in the Pacific \|Source=Library of Congress \|Date=ca 1943 \|Author=Official U.S. Marine C)