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New York Bureau
The Old and the New
Saipan—In marked contrast to scenes of death and destruction marking the bitter fighting on Saipan in which 9,752 American soldiers were killed, wounded or listed as missing in action, is this peaceful scene showing two modes of transportation over a thousand years apart. Marines in amphibious tractor at left are hauling supplies to front lines while two Leathernecks commandeer a Jap ox cart to move some of their equipment forward.
Credit (Marine Corps photo from ACME)