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TORPEDO BOMBERS OF TAST FORCE 53’S escort carrier group fly over circling landing craft on the way toward the beach to give support on W-Day. (Navy Photograph.)

UNDERWATER DEMOLITION MEN of UDT-4 paddle their rubber boat toward the reef off Agat on 19 July to continue their work of destroying enemy obstacles. (Navy Photograph.)

OROTE PENINSULA AIRFIELD erupts with the smoke of bombs dropped by planes of Admiral Mitscher’s Fast Carrier Task Force during a preinvasion strike in early July. (Navy Photograph).

20CM Coast Defense Gun position located on Bangi Point illustrates the half-finished condition of many Japanese defensive installations at the time of the III Amphibious Corps Landing. (Navy Photograph).

REAR ADMIRAL CONOLLY, Southern Attack Force Commander, confers with top leaders of the Northern Attack Group on Guadalcanal. Left to right: Brigadier General Nobel, ADC 3d Marine Division: Commander Boehanan. Commander, Northern Transport Group;…

SIX-INCH GUN, part of a three-gun battery on Chonito Cliff, whose fortification was halted by the preliminary bombardment of the Southern Attack Force. Notice the commanding field of fire this gun had over the Asan beach-head. (Navy Photograph.)

An article by Charlie Lamach. Lamach recounts the days leading up to the recapture of Guam, specifically W-Day, from Japanese occupation