Kwajalein -- After the Bombardment. American invaders, stroming from Coast Guard and Navy-manned landing craft, found Jap installations on Kwajalein atoll reduced to a shambles after the pre-invasion bombardment from the sea and air. A Coast Guard photographer, participating in the invasion, snapped this picture of Old Glory flying over the ruins.

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