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Sul verso del supporto primario : OWI OVERSEAS BRANCH/ EXHIBIT SECTION/ EXHIBIT #104-40 "Best War Pictures -/ Week of July 17"/ File No. 29694-FMC/ U.S. MARINES ENTER SMOKING CAPITAL OF JAPANESE INNER DEFENSE ISLAND/ Guns ready, American Marines Humt for Japanese snipers amid the/ smouldering ruins of Garapan, capital of Saipan Island and/ administrative center for the Marianas group of the Central Pacific./ Bitterly-resisting enemy troops were blasted from Garapan on/ July 4, 1944, four days before American soldiers gained complete/ control of Saipan Island which is strategically located less than/ 1,500 miles (2,400 kilometers) from Japan. Buildings in Garapan/ were fired by a heavy artillery barrage which supported the advance/ of U.S. infantrymen. / APPROVED BY APPROPRIATE U. S. AUTHORITY.\pSul verso del supporto primario, timbro nero : S 813