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Abemama Island

On 21 November 1943, 78 U.S. Marine Corps Amphibious Reconnaissance Scouts and Australian Lt. George Hand as interpreter landed on the island. By 25 November, all remaining Japanse soldiers had ended their own lives.

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Text: Kaj Metz
Photos: Wikimedia Commons

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