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 Three Coast Guardsmen, silhouetted at the stern of a Coast-Guard manned LST's with troop from the 31st Division move into Marotai in the Halmahera, as the powerful attacking force penetrates deep into the crumbling Japanese sea empire September 15, 1944. (Coast Guard)

 The force came under the overall command of the United States Sixth Army and its main combat elements were the XI Corps headquarters, the 31st Infantry Division and the 126th Regimental Combat Team from the 32nd Infantry Division, "Battle of Morotai."