World: MOP-UP ON KWAJALEIN

Three days after the Kwajalein Island assault, the Army's 7th Division had driven the enemy into the northern corner. For the final mop-up, TIME Correspondent William Chickering joined a tank crew, radioed this tank's-eye-view account:

Baby Satan already had its motors running and was veiled in blue exhaust smoke. Five of us wormed our way through the hatches into the seats, adjusted our crash helmets and plugged in our earphones.

In that moment we entered a new world. The first words I heard were: "Goddam, the Japanese are running around by the dozens out there....

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