US Marines burying Lieutenant General Yoshitsugu Saito with the Japanese flag on July 10, 1944. Saito fell in the Battle of Saipan, in which he was the highest command of the Japanese Army defending that island. His funeral was presided over by General Holland Smith of the United States Marine Corps
An “E” (upper left of the photo) painted on a destroyed German halftrack signifies that British sapper’s have “exterminated” it’s contents and there aren’t any booby traps. The sapper’s also have buried one of the vehicle’s crew and left his helmet and identification tags; Western Desert, late 1942.
