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Jan 8, 2024 inhistory

An American Marine, in foreground, still clutches the knife with which he killed an enemy soldier, in background, in a duel on Engebi Island, Eniwetok Atoll. A moment after finishing off his adversary, a sniper’s bullet killed the Marine, Feb 1944.

An American Marine, in foreground, still clutches the knife with which he killed an enemy soldier, in background, in a duel on Engebi Island, Eniwetok Atoll. A moment after finishing off his adversary, a sniper’s bullet killed the Marine, Feb 1944.

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