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Previously published as Campaign 18, Guadalcanal 1942, Joseph Mueller, 1992; Campaign 62, Pearl Harbor 1941, Carl Smith, 1999; Campaign 77, Tarawa 1943, DerrickWright, 2000; Campaign 81, Iwo Jima 1945, Derrick Wright, 2001; Campaign 96, Okinawa 1945, Gordon Rottman, 2002; Campaign 110, Peleliu 1944, Jim Moran and Gordon Rottman, 2002; Campaign 146, Marshall Islands 1944, Gordon Rottman, 2004; Campaign 163, Leyte Gulf 1944, Bernard Ireland, 2006; Campaign 214, Coral Sea 1942, Mark Stille, 2009; Campaign 226, Midway 1942, Mark Stille, 2010.
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