It’s Like A Dress Rehearsal
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Although this photo depicts two members of America’s 29th Infantry division running under cover of smoke grenades during a training exercise, it’s clear from their location that they were training for an imminent operation.
That’s because this photo was taken at Okinawa. Considering how tense and protracted the weeks-spanning battle on the key Japanese island was, it likely wasn’t long before these men made this run for real.