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Classic photo of U.S. soldier pausing for a break while sitting on an unexploded 16 inch naval shell, at Saipan 1944. From: Breaching The Marianas: The Battle For Saipan. Marines In World War II Commemorative Series. By Captain John C. Chapin, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve (Ret.). Published by History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Washington, D.C. as part of the U.S. Department of Defense observance of the 50th anniversary of victory in that war.

Classic photo of U.S. soldier pausing for a break while sitting on an unexploded 16 inch naval shell, at Saipan 1944. From: Breaching The Marianas: The Battle For Saipan. Marines In World War II Commemorative Series. By Captain John C. Chapin, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve (Ret.). Published by History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Washington, D.C. as part of the U.S. Department of Defense observance of the 50th anniversary of victory in that war.

Classic photo of U.S. soldier pausing for a break while sitting on an unexploded 16 inch naval shell, at Saipan 1944. From: Breaching The Marianas: The Battle For Saipan. Marines In World War II Commemorative Series. By Captain John C. Chapin, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve (Ret.). Published by History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Washington, D.C. as part of the U.S. Department of Defense observance of the 50th anniversary of victory in that war.

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