This Battlezone series looks at the role of the US Marines in the Pacific fight against the Japanese during WWII.
The Marines move on to Okinawa, with periods of rest and recuperation between fighting.
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The US assault on Bougainville in the Solomon Islands, 1943, and Tarawa.
General Holland M Smith introduces the story of the attacks on Rabaul, the Solomon Islands and Midway.
The US Marines attack the Marianas to get a bombing base within reach of Japan, the assault on Pelelieu.
A look at the history of Guam and the entry of the US Marines into the battle against Japan for supremecy in the Pacific, covers the Solomons, New Britain, Guadalcanal, Bougainville.
The US Marines continuing assault on Pelelieu, its capture and then onwards to Iwo Jima.
