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valign="top" width=".5" rowspan="3"><pre> </pre> <td valign="top" colspan="3"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top"><td width="100%"><div align="center"><img src="/ajrp/AJRP2.nsf/2f6fb32db4414a0eca256b6f00026e78/$Body/0.12D2?OpenElement&FieldElemFormat=gif" width="606" height="85"></div></td></tr> <tr valign="top"><td width="100%"><center><a href=/AJRP/AJRP2.nsf/Web-Pages/HomePage?OpenDocument>Home</a> | <a href=/AJRP/AJRP2.nsf/Web-Pages/AboutPage?OpenDocument&ExpandView>About</a> | <a href=/AJRP/AJRP2.nsf/Web-Pages/RecordsPage?OpenDocument>Database</a> | <a href=/AJRP/AJRP2.nsf/Web-Pages/Research?OpenDocument>Research</a> | <a href=/AJRP/AJRP2.nsf/Web-DocMaps/Region?OpenDocument>Maps</a> | <a href=/AJRP/AJRP2.nsf/Web-Pages/Sitemap?OpenDocument>Sitemap</a> | <a href=/AJRP/AJRP2.nsf/Web-Pages/SearchPage?OpenDocument>Search</a> | <a href=/AJRP/AJRP2.nsf/Web-Pages/LinkURLs?OpenDocument>Links</a> | <a 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strength</td><td width="80%"> Army: 40,900 Navy: 11,200 Total: 52,100</td></tr> <tr valign="top"><td width="20%"> Region casualties</td><td width="80%"> Army: 67,900 Navy: 21,500 Total: 89,400</td></tr> </table> <a href="/ajrp/AJRP2.nsf/Web-Printer/045F8F2135469FF4CA257209000F1DDE?OpenDocument "target="_blank" alt="Open a print version of this page in a new window">Printer version</a> </td> <td valign="top" width=".5" bgcolor="#9c0031"> </td> <td WIDTH=150 valign="top"> Dispositions <img src="/ajrp/AJRP2.nsf/WebI/Images/$file/circle.gif?OpenElement"> <a href=/ajrp/AJRP2.nsf/Refpage/NT000068B6?openDocument>Japan</a> <img src="/ajrp/AJRP2.nsf/WebI/Images/$file/circle.gif?OpenElement"> <a href=/ajrp/AJRP2.nsf/Refpage/NT0000B65A?openDocument>Bonin Islands</a> <img src="/ajrp/AJRP2.nsf/WebI/Images/$file/circle.gif?OpenElement"> <a href=/ajrp/AJRP2.nsf/Refpage/NT000015B2?openDocument></a>Okinawa</a> <img src="/ajrp/AJRP2.nsf/WebI/Images/$file/circle.gif?OpenElement"> <a href=/ajrp/AJRP2.nsf/Refpage/NT000014A6?openDocument>Formosa</a> <img src="/ajrp/AJRP2.nsf/WebI/Images/$file/circle.gif?OpenElement"> <a href=/ajrp/AJRP2.nsf/Refpage/NT0000695A?openDocument>Korea</a> <img src="/ajrp/AJRP2.nsf/WebI/Images/$file/circle.gif?OpenElement"> <a href=/ajrp/AJRP2.nsf/Refpage/NT00008E66?openDocument>Aleutian Islands</a> <img src="/ajrp/AJRP2.nsf/WebI/Images/$file/circle.gif?OpenElement"> <a href=/ajrp/AJRP2.nsf/Refpage/NT0000DB42?openDocument>Manchuria</a> <img src="/ajrp/AJRP2.nsf/WebI/Images/$file/circle.gif?OpenElement"> <a href=/ajrp/AJRP2.nsf/Refpage/NT00009DA2?openDocument>China</a> <img src="/ajrp/AJRP2.nsf/WebI/Images/$file/circle.gif?OpenElement"> <a href=/ajrp/AJRP2.nsf/Refpage/NT00004E52?openDocument>Siberia</a> <img src="/ajrp/AJRP2.nsf/WebI/Images/$file/circle.gif?OpenElement"> <a href=/ajrp/AJRP2.nsf/Refpage/NT00002D96?openDocument>Central Pacific Islands</a> <img src="/ajrp/AJRP2.nsf/WebI/Images/$file/circle.gif?OpenElement"> <a 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href=/ajrp/AJRP2.nsf/Refpage/NT0000706A?openDocument>Solomon Islands</a> Reference links <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"> <tr><th colspan="2"></th><th></th></tr> <tr valign="top"><td><a href="/ajrp/AJRP2.nsf/530e35f7e2ae7707ca2571e3001a112d/045f8f2135469ff4ca257209000f1dde?OpenDocument&Start=1&Count=30&Expand=1" target="_self"><img src="/icons/expand.gif" border="0" height="16" width="16" alt="Show details for Dispositions–Deaths"></a></td><td><a href="/ajrp/AJRP2.nsf/530e35f7e2ae7707ca2571e3001a112d/e7daa03b9084ad56ca257209000a85f7?OpenDocument">Dispositions–Deaths</a></td><td></td></tr> <tr valign="top"><td><a href="/ajrp/AJRP2.nsf/530e35f7e2ae7707ca2571e3001a112d/045f8f2135469ff4ca257209000f1dde?OpenDocument&Start=1&Count=30&Expand=2" target="_self"><img src="/icons/expand.gif" border="0" height="16" width="16" alt="Show details for Campaigns"></a></td><td><a 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