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Posted October 13, 2018 - 7:50am
Very cool. The Marianas Islands Campaign included Tinian and Saipan. After taking Saipan, the 2nd and 4th Marines did an amphibious invasion of Tinian in July of 1944, and the US occupied and used captured Japanese air bases on the island as a jumping off point to bomb the Japanese homeland until the end of the war. Chances are good this was made from captured steel during the occupation and owned by a Marine or Seabee (Navy Construction Battalion) member.