Amtracs Creep Toward Saipan's Smoky Beaches. Kicking up creamy foam in the waters off Saipan, Army alligators leave a Coast Guard-manned assault transport and crawl toward the shores of the Jap bastion less than 1,500 miles from Tokyo. The striking power of American Pacific invasion forces met stiff resistance, but after three weeks of fighting held seven-eighths of the Mariana Island, including its capital Garapan.

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Keywords: 17-a2-212, 26-, coast, guard, history, job, rdss, rg