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A town on Tinian, Mariana Islands in ruins, 31 Jul 1944Japanese 47mm gun, captured east of Tumon Bay, Guam, Mariana Islands, circa Jul-Aug 1944This 75mm Japanese gun position at Gaan Point wreaked havoc on men of the US 22nd Marine Regiment before it was silenced, Guam, Mariana Islands, Jul-Aug 1944US Marines checking out a disabled Japanese tank, Tinian, Mariana Islands, Jul or Aug 1944
A town on Tinian, Mariana Islands in ruins, 31 Jul 1944Japanese 47mm gun, captured east of Tumon Bay, Guam, Mariana Islands, circa Jul-Aug 1944This 75mm Japanese gun position at Gaan Point wreaked havoc on men of the US 22nd Marine Regiment before it was silenced, Guam, Mariana Islands, Jul-Aug 1944US Marines checking out a disabled Japanese tank, Tinian, Mariana Islands, Jul or Aug 1944
A US Marine standing at the edge of a cliff on Tinian, Mariana Islands, 1944African-American US Coast Guardsman Aught Guttery, Jr., StewardAmerican naval vessels off Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jul-Aug 1944Captured Japanese weapons, Guam, Jul-Aug 1944
A US Marine standing at the edge of a cliff on Tinian, Mariana Islands, 1944African-American US Coast Guardsman Aught Guttery, Jr., Steward's Mate 1st Class, on a ship off Guam, Mariana Islands, circa mid- or late-1944American naval vessels off Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jul-Aug 1944Captured Japanese weapons, Guam, Jul-Aug 1944
Chester Nimitz meeting with US Marine officers, Guam, Jul-Aug 1944Men of Battery C, 7th Battalion, USMC III Amphibious Corps Artillery cleaning the bore of their 155mm Gun M1, Guam, Mariana Islands, 1944Seeing through a destroyed building on Guam, Jul-Aug 1944Treating a wounded US Marine, Guam, Jul-Aug 1944
Chester Nimitz meeting with US Marine officers, Guam, Jul-Aug 1944Men of Battery C, 7th Battalion, USMC III Amphibious Corps Artillery cleaning the bore of their 155mm Gun M1, Guam, Mariana Islands, 1944Seeing through a destroyed building on Guam, Jul-Aug 1944Treating a wounded US Marine, Guam, Jul-Aug 1944
US 2nd Marine Division cemetery, Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1944US flag raising ceremony, Guam, Jul-Aug 1944US Marine Browning M1917 machine gun position, Guam, Jul-Aug 1944US Marine Corps DUKWs on Saipan, Mariana Islands, 1944
US 2nd Marine Division cemetery, Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1944US flag raising ceremony, Guam, Jul-Aug 1944US Marine Browning M1917 machine gun position, Guam, Jul-Aug 1944US Marine Corps DUKWs on Saipan, Mariana Islands, 1944
US Marine Corps M4 Sherman tank blasts a Japanese pillbox in advance of 3rd Division infantry on Guam, Mariana Islands, Aug 1944. Note combat cameraman with hand-held movie camera standing behind the tankUS Marine Sherman tank and a Jeep, Guam, Jul-Aug 1944US Marine Sherman tank, Guam, Jul-Aug 1944US Marine walking by a Japanese Type 96 25mm anti-aircraft gun on Tinian, Mariana Islands, Jul-Aug 1944
US Marine Corps M4 Sherman tank blasts a Japanese pillbox in advance of 3rd Division infantry on Guam, Mariana Islands, Aug 1944. Note combat cameraman with hand-held movie camera standing behind the tankUS Marine Sherman tank and a Jeep, Guam, Jul-Aug 1944US Marine Sherman tank, Guam, Jul-Aug 1944US Marine walking by a Japanese Type 96 25mm anti-aircraft gun on Tinian, Mariana Islands, Jul-Aug 1944

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