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U.S. Marines take cover and advance through a cemetery during combat operations on Okinawa, Japan, in 1945. Fighting during the Battle of Okinawa often took place in difficult terrain, including villages and burial sites, as American forces pushed south against entrenched enemy defenses. (U.S. Marine Corps photo)
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