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80-G-239321: Invasion of Tinian, July-August 1944

80-G-239321: Invasion of Tinian, July-August 1944. “Mail Call” on Tinian Island. It took two Marines to hand out the first lot of mail that arrived, a week after the “Leathernecks” did, released August 5, 1944. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2017/03/07).
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Caption: Invasion of Tinian, July-August 1944. “Mail Call” on Tinian Island. It took two Marines to hand out the first lot of mail that arrived, a week after the “Leathernecks” did, released August 5, 1944. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2017/03/07).
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