WAR IN THE PACIFIC
PART 2: THE LANDING
By: Gunner's Mate

On a lightly defended beach of a key Japanese Atoll, H-hour looms.

With the inlet too shallow for landing craft and a shortage of "Amtracks", the marines are forced to wade in across the coral bottom...

...and fight their way up the beach.

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