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Show K4arine Ccras Visrsns Attack Saipan , ... fft ' , , Ass J -.vi V. ' Marines spearheaded the attack on heavily fortified Saipan and suffered the major share of casualties. casual-ties. Typical scenes, recorded by Marine combat photographers during the first few days of landing, show the beachhead; Leathernecks washing at a captured reservoir;, a gutted American tank; diggingin for stands on the beach; and farther inland a mortar crew in action and last, a final farewell to fallen comrades. Saipan, like Tarawa, exacted a heavy toll on the Marine assault forces, who after the initial landing never took a backward step. |