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The United States Marines #4
This anthology issue contains illustrated Marine Corps combat narratives from the Pacific Theater. The opening story depicts Marines conducting operations in the South Pacific, engaging Japanese forces at locations including Charun-Nanga, Tarawa, and Mount Tapotchau, supported by naval air power. Additional stories include accounts from Guam, detailing a Japanese booby trap and Marine preparations, and the Saipan Marianas campaign, featuring anecdotes about Japanese supply methods and captured enemy equipment. The issue concludes with photographic documentation of Marine activities including operations in Guadalcanal, observation posts in the Palau Islands, and captured Japanese military infrastructure such as railroads and locomotives repurposed for supply operations.