[Illustration: _A Marine patrol crosses a flooded stream and probes for the enemy in the forests of New Britain._ Department of Defense (USMC) photo 72290] [Illustration: _On 26 December 1943, Marines wade ashore from beached LSTs passing through a heavy surf to a narrow beach of black sand. Inland, beyond a curtain of undergrowth, lie the swamp forest and the Japanese defenders._ Department of Defense (USMC) photo 68998]…
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