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This Marine endured five amphibious assaults - and survived Iwo Jima
As a member of the Signal Company, 4th Marines, Harris made an astounding five amphibious landings during the Pacific War: Roi-Namur (Kwajalein), Eniwetok, Saipan, Tinian and Iwo Jima. Born in ...
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World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF THE PACIFIC: Researched at Tarawa
explosives. Roi and adjacent Namur rattled under the weight of 5,000 tons of naval shells. Whenever the warships took a breather, land-based Army and carrier-based Navy planes streaked in to drop ...