Keywords: Explosion of torpedo magazine on Namur-Kwajalein as seen from Roi 1944.jpg Explosion of a torpedo warhead magazine on Namur Kwajalein Atoll at 1305 hrs 1 February 1944 as seen from Roi A demolition team of F Company 24th Marines led by Lieutenant Saul Stein threw satchel charges into a presumed bunker However the building turned out to be a torpedo warhead magazine and the following explosions one large and two smaller ones killed 20 U S Marines and wounded another 100 http //ibiblio org/hyperwar/USMC/USMC-M-Marshalls/USMC-M-Marshalls-5 html U S Marine Corps The Marshalls Increasing the Tempo http //ibiblio org/hyperwar/USMC/USMC-M-Marshalls/USMC-M-Marshalls-5 html http //ibiblio org/hyperwar/USMC/USMC-M-Marshalls/img/USMC-M-Marshalls-p91 jpg U S Department of Defense photo USMC 71921 U S Marine Corps 1944-02-01 Ibiblio-Hyperwar org PD-USGov-Military-Marines Battle of Kwajalein |