Pushing the Japs Off Makin. A column of Troops are photographed by a Coast Guard Combat cameraman as they advance to continue the attack on the Japs, who have been pushed back to one end of Makin Atoll. A large Japanese seaplane is partially submerged in the lagoon following strafing by American planes. In the right foreground Japanese fuel barrels can be seen. The photographer is attached to a Coast Guard-manned combat transport that participated in the invasion

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Photo credit: © Niday Picture Library / Alamy / Afripics
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