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Description:Ibeya, Japan. Amphibious tractors spill Marines and supplies on the beach of Ibeya, a tiny island in the Ryukyu chain, northwest of Okinawa. Landing without opposition on June 3rd, Leathernecks of the eighth regimental combat team lost no time in securing the island. (USMC Hdqtrs 126, 988, National Archives).
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