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Description:Routing them out. A Marine with a flamethrower routes out Japanese from their cave strongholds at the northern end of the island during the final fighting for the island of Saipan. The building in front of the caves also felt the torch of flamethrowers. July 12, 1944. (USMC# 90358, National Archives)
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