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Marcus Island Outpost Braces for Coast Guard Duty
Marcus Island hosts a 1 mile by 0.75 mile airstrip and a Coast Guard detachment with weather station. The small garrison maintains navigational aids for US planes and ships in the central Pacific. Resupply arrives mainly by air about weekly amid loneliness and boredom. off duty crew recount life among Japanese fortifications, sharks, and reef pools.
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Marcus
Central Pacific
Sean
San Francisco
Coast Guard
Mie
Vox
Mare