The U.S. Marine Corps color guard assigned to the American Embassy in Tunis march through a corridor of Tunisian honor guards while retiring the colors during a wreath-laying ceremony at the North African American Cemetery in Tunis on Nov. 17, 2006. The North Africa American Cemetery is one of 24 American cemeteries on foreign soil and covers 27 acres of land between the Mediterranean and the Bay of Tunis. Established in 1948, the cemetery holds the graves of 2,841 service members who died while serving during the World War II North Africa campaign. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST Second Class Rosa Larson) (Released)
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Tunis
Country: Tunisia (TUN)
Scene Camera Operator: MC2 Rosa Larson, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
1940
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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