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Saipan Action   Gallery: WAPA Gallery   Album: Pacific Theater   Album: Saipan   Album: Saipan Action   24 of 37 sn3109-flarefires.jpg Description: Garapan afire. With star shells flaring overhead oil tanks in the city of Garapan on the island of Saipan burn through the night after a combined shelling from the sea and air. These fires burned for three days (USMC #85171, National Archives). 24 of 37  Gallery: WAPA Gallery   Album: Pacific Theater   Album: Saipan   Album: Saipan Action

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