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Summary:Action in the Solomon Islands, as American marines fought the bitter and bloody war in the Pacific against the Japanese. In the thick jungle, men fought an enemy only yards away, using every kind of weapon from the knife to the flame-thrower. This is how it was on May 24 1943.
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Location:SOLOMON ISLANDS
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