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Box 9   Gallery: WAPA Gallery   Album: Museum Collection Images   Album: WAPA 2910   Album: Box 9   65 of 81 70 Pht mosaic.jpg Description: Orote airfield, aerial view. Constructed by the Japanese 1942-1944, enlarged and improved by the US Navy after August 11, 1944. Marine planes of VMF-225 began flying combat missions over Guam on August 7, 1944 after the airfield's capture from the Japanese. Apra harbor at center. February 13, 1945. (National Archive 80-G-346025) 65 of 81  Gallery: WAPA Gallery   Album: Museum Collection Images   Album: WAPA 2910   Album: Box 9

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