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may 8, 1942 - 3d Marine Brigade convoy arrived off Apia

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On 8 May the 3d Marine Brigade convoy arrived off Apia and General Barrett assumed military command of Western Samoa. At the end of the month, the 8th Defense Battalion (Reinforced) under Colonel Raphael Griffin moved into Wallis.

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may 8, 1942
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~ 83 years ago