16-324 Garand Pciture of the Day - Kwajalein

[Mark in Rochester]

U.S. Marines of V Amphibious Corps (VAC) pull an injured enemy Japanese soldiers from a bunker during the Battle of Kwajalein. The battle took place over four days on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. U.S. forces launched a successful twin assault on the main islands of Kwajalein in the south and Roi-Namur in the north on 31 January 1944. The Japanese defenders put up stiff resistance, although outnumbered and under prepared. The determined defense of Roi-Namur left only 51 Japanese survivors of an original garrison of 3,500 soldiers. Kwajalein Atoll, Nanyo Japanese Mandated Territory (now, Republic of the Marshall Islands). February 1944.

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