| Wounded tankers of Sixth Army, X Corps, First Cavalry Division, Second Brigade, Seventh Calvary Regiment, First Squadron, receive first aid from a corpsman after their M4 Sherman medium tank hit a mine at the edge of Tacloban Air Field. Landing at the northern end of White Beach at 1000 Hours, First Squadron raced across the Cataisian Peninsula to seize the airfield, accomplishing their mission at 1600 Hours, advancing less than 2 miles (3 kilometers) from the beachhead. Engineers landed behind First Cavalry to immediately begin work on the airfield. | |
| Image Filename | wwii1038.jpg |
| Image Size | 1.75 MB |
| Image Dimensions | 2436 x 2952 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Photographer Title | |
| Caption Author | Jason McDonald |
| Date Photographed | October 20, 1944 |
| Location | Tacloban Air Field |
| City | Tacloban Air Field |
| State or Province | Leyte |
| Country | Philippines |
| Archive | National Archives and Records Administration |
| Record Number | |
| Status | Caption © ‚Ć2007, ©2024 MFA Productions LLC Image in the Public Domain |
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