Colonel <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/David_M._Shoup" title="David M. Shoup">David M. Shoup</a> (map case on hip) confers at his command post with one of his officers during the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tarawa" title="Battle of Tarawa">Battle of Tarawa</a>. Helmeted figure with hands on hips (second to left of Shoup) is Col. <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Merritt_A._Edson&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Merritt A. Edson (page does not exist)">Merritt A. Edson</a>.
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