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The background picture, which I found on the National Park Service website, was also featured in Life Magazine's Picture History of World War II on page 330, where it is captioned "Two Marines are shot by Japanese snipers as they hit the Saipan beach. This remarkable photograph, made by a Coast Guard cameraman, shows these members of an assault battalion at instant of their falling."

The words around the EGA in the corner are from "The Battle Hymn of the Republic":

In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea,
With a glory in his bosom that transfigures you and me;
As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free,
While God is marching on.

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