"Secret War News: U.S. Marines Raid Jap Held Island"

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I don't think explosives work that way...(Warning: This is not a paper scan and can be hard to read. Bonus Warning: It is a World War II comic, and it has racism of the "really, comic book? ugh." kind.)

Military Comics #20 July 1943

Story and art by Fred Guardineer

How true is this? Well, not to the letter. But in 1942 the 1^st Marine Parachute Battalion attacked Gavatu Island to take over the Guadalcanal airfield. (Hear parts of a Leonard Kiesel interview here.)
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