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Body Bearers with Marine Barracks Washington place the casket of repatriated Marine PFC Harold W. Hayden on the caisson during his funeral at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Oct. 27, 2021. In November 1943, Hayden was a member of Company A, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force, which landed against stiff Japanese resistance on the small island of Betio in the Tarawa Atoll of the Gilbert Islands. Over several days of intense fighting at Tarawa, approximately 1,000 Marines and Sailors were killed and more than 2,000 were wounded. Hayden died on the third day of battle, Nov. 22, 1943. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Allen Sanders)
| Date Taken: | 10.27.2021 |
| Date Posted: | 10.28.2021 15:35 |
| Photo ID: | 6912541 |
| VIRIN: | 211027-M-VI229-1012 |
| Resolution: | 5184x3456 |
| Size: | 8.3 MB |
| Location: | ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA, US |
| Web Views: | 37 |
| Downloads: | 4 |
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