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Atlas comics is the 1950s comicbook publishing label that evolved into marvel comics. The vast majority of comics from the 1980s and later have little, if any, value today. Fighting under conditions that can only be described as horrific, the marines fought from the minute they hit the beaches, and kept on fighting until they were pulled off the line some thirty days later. The marines at peleliu, 1944the bloodiest battle of the pacific war paperback by. Throughout history, the united states military has been depicted in art, literature and pop culture.
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