Kangoku Iwa ("Prison Rock")
The FMFP Reconnaissance Battalion landed here on 13 March 1945. The Japanese positions were unmanned and the rock was cleared that day.
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Source
- Text: Kaj Metz
- Photos: Wikimedia Commons
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