The story
Tractors hauled supplies around an overflow materiel yard in England, which held supplies exceeding the capacity of Normandy yards, 28 Jul 1944US Marines Gunnery Sergeant J. Paget and Privates L. C. Whether and V. A. Sot with their Browning M1919 heavy machine gun, about 100 yards in-land from the Guam invasion beach, Mariana Islands, 28 JulAmericans landing on Tinian, Mariana Islands, late Jul 1944American reinforcements wading onto Tinian, Mariana Islands, Jul 1944
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