World War II: U.S. Seizes Kwajalein Atoll from Japan, February 3, 1944
World War II: During the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign, U.S. Army and Marine forces seize Kwajalein Atoll from the defending Japanese garrison.
Date: February 3, 1944
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