The story
A Marine pauses in a Japanese shrine garden on Saipan to make faces at a "mad lion" statue which seems to have escaped the rain of shells and bullets in that area. July 27 1944 Source Marine Corps Archives & Special Collections
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You have arrived at just one small part of Back to Normandy — a personal project dedicated to preserving stories, images, music and memories of the Second World War.
Every record is a doorway to a larger story. Explore Back to Normandy to discover more, or visit Fred Vogels' personal website to learn about the person and the projects behind it.