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Atoll Defenses Pinpointed In Tokyo Road Advance
The article explains Japanese atoll defenses along the road to Tokyo with fortified rings, machine gun nests, pill boxes, barbed wire, mines, and deep underground rooms. It describes a US assault plan involving naval and air bombardment, beachhead set up under fire, engineers locating mines, and rapid supply through convoys to support the landing and mopping up of fortified positions.
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