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Show 2) Japs Killed on Kwajaldn for Kvory Yank P -a . .;' I. '" ; i I t (. ' ,. '.. I I ' . ,,' ; .. ! -. 1 j . . . i. . - - i i L 1 4 ' i , ! r ' I I 1 J , i i - j j I " x 7 f t "1 f N i ' , ' , M ,,,"' 3 , " -- .. , L . . . . ....... ... . M..I' ...... J....V ' . but!.. ' r . ..M ., .- - J- - - ' Approximately 8.000 Japanese were killed In the American Invasion of Kwajalcln atoll In the Marshall Islands. Only 28(1 Yanks met death in the same campaign. United States marine and army wounded totaled I, MS and 82 men were reported missing. Top: Assault boats and alligators are shown as they reached the beach at Futibuj bringing men and equipment of the Seventh division. It was this division which captured Kwajalcln and adjacent Islets, llottom: A marine searches through the wreckage after the unprecedented naval bombardment which preceded the Irst American occupation of land held by Japan before the war. |