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...Falalop was small, even for a sandspit, but a 3,300-ft. airstrip was carved out of it. Marine fighter planes moved in to protect the $20 billion worth of ships against Jap raiders. Navy planes were landed there as carrier battle replacements, and a transport-plane shuttle service to Guam and Peleliu was started...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: Mighty Atoll | 8/6/1945 | See Source »

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