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Episode 536: The Manhattan Project Part IV - I Am Become Death

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The Battle of Ewejima

30,000 Marines stormed the beach at Ewejima on June 6. A further 40,000 joined them in the following days for a brutal battle that would last well over a month. One soldier remembered seeing a fellow Marine receive a direct hit to the face from a Japanese shell which blew away his jaw while also blowing open his skull. Despite the gore and horror, the Marines pushed through. And this is day one.

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