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Description:Business district Garapan. These Marines sensing complete victory, ride through what was once the main business section of the city of Garapan, capital of Japanese Marianas, on their armored tank. Note steel skeleton of one of the town's main business structures in the background (USMC #84907, National Archives).
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Created by Kenneth Cole