Keywords: Explosion of torpedo magazine on Namur-Kwajalein 1944.jpg Explosion of a torpedo warhead magazine on Namur Kwajalein Atoll at 1305 hrs 1 February 1944 as seen from a U S Navy plane 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 photo 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-p90 jpg U S Navy 1944-02-01 Ibiblio-Hyperwar org PD-USGov-Military-Navy Battle of Kwajalein |