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This famous photo of Pvt Theodore J. Miller was widely distributed in the USA after Miller's death.
In this pic the USMC Private Theodore James Miller (born on Minnesota Feb 12, 1925) returns to Coast Guard-manned attack transport USS Arthur Middleton (APA-25) at 1400 Hours after two days of combat on Engebi, Marshall Islands. Engebi was the first of the Eniwetok Atoll to be invaded by American forces. In Operation "Fragile" the 1st and 2nd Battalions landed on Feb 18, 1944, with 3rd Battalion in reserve. In the attack on Engebi American losses were 78 killed, 166 wounded, and 7 missing, totaling 251 casualties. All of Engebi's defenders were killed, except for nineteen prisoners taken.
Miller himself was killed in action during the invasion of Ebon Atoll a month later, on March 24, 1944. He was only age 19.
But the photo was one of the few to openly portray the stress of combat to the American public.
In this pic the USMC Private Theodore James Miller (born on Minnesota Feb 12, 1925) returns to Coast Guard-manned attack transport USS Arthur Middleton (APA-25) at 1400 Hours after two days of combat on Engebi, Marshall Islands. Engebi was the first of the Eniwetok Atoll to be invaded by American forces. In Operation "Fragile" the 1st and 2nd Battalions landed on Feb 18, 1944, with 3rd Battalion in reserve. In the attack on Engebi American losses were 78 killed, 166 wounded, and 7 missing, totaling 251 casualties. All of Engebi's defenders were killed, except for nineteen prisoners taken.
Miller himself was killed in action during the invasion of Ebon Atoll a month later, on March 24, 1944. He was only age 19.
But the photo was one of the few to openly portray the stress of combat to the American public.