Marines securing storehouse of supplies in cave
Marines check supplies of food and ammunition in one of the many caves that dotted the hills of Saipan Island. Numerous caves, carved into the limestone or coral rock, were used as storerooms, while others functioned as fortresses of resistance that allowed the Japanese to hold out for days after the island was secured.Saipan, 1944
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