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Examine a volcanic island that had to be taken in 1945 for its airfields; learn how the Marines took it inch by inch, from pill-box to foxhole, with 26,000 American casualties and 21,000 Japanese.
Examine a volcanic island that had to be taken in 1945 for its airfields; learn how the Marines took it inch by inch, from pill-box to foxhole, with 26,000 American casualties and 21,000 Japanese.
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