Eniwetok conquerors These Marines, begrimed and weary from two days and nights of fighting, are typical of the conqueror...

Eniwetok conquerors These Marines, begrimed and weary from two days and nights of fighting, are typical of the conquerors of Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshalls. Storming ashore from Coast-Guard-mannned landing craft, they swept Engebi, one of the islansds in the atoll, clear of the Japs in short order and then went on to wipe out the enemy on Eniwetok, which was the westermost Jap base of the Marshalls. It was attacked after Kwajalein had been taken, and at that same time the Navy raided Truk. The Marines who hungrily down cups of hot coffee are back on an assault transport - some of their faces black from the coral dirt into which they burrowed to avoid enemy snipers. Although landing forces completed the conquest of Engebi in six hours and five minutes, Eniwetok, 21 miles across the atoll lagoon, proved much tougher going than the former. It was in our hands, however, by February 20, 1944.