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Marianas Campaign Totals Point to Heavy Japanese Losses
U P dispatch from Pearl Harbor notes American forces killed over 40 000 Japanese in eight weeks across Guam Saipan and Tinian with 25 539 American casualties. Japanese losses exceed 46 000, as Nimitz reports end of Guam resistance and continued air strikes on Truk Nauru and Ponape.
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Pearl Harbor
U.P
Marianas
Guam
Saipan
Tinian
Tokyo
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific
Tarawa
U S
First
Provisional Marine Brigade
77Th Army Infantry
Rota Island
Philippines
China Coast
Nimitz
Central Pacific
Army
Truk
Carolines
Navy
Nauru
Gilberts
Ponape