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Marines at Hyane Harbor landings face heavy fire
Cpl. Bill Alcine reports from Admiralties as 2d Squadron, 5th Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division infantry land in a rain soaked channel. Navy gunners answer with .30 cal fire while medics and wreckage mark the beachhead. A wounded GI recounts, and Lt. Decatur Walker leads patrols toward a bombed airstrip amid ongoing combat and sporadic rifle fire.
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