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War damaged Japanese battery, surrounded by debris and shells. "Blasted Jap defences on Tarawa." Tarawa, Gilbert...

US servicemen stack .30 caliber machine guns used in battle into a pile. "Burned out guns from battling Japs at Tarawa...

US soldiers, surrounded by debris, sort through gear. "U.S. gear sorted on Tarawa." Tarawa, Gilbert Islands. 1943

Norman Hatch [Annotator's Note: a photographer in the 5th Marine Division] felt that capturing combat on film was very...

The Marines had to land about a thousand yards short of the beach at Tarawa. Eugene Tarrant recalls the San Francisco's...

Norman Hatch [Annotator's Note: a photographer in the US Marine Corps] served in World War 2. He was on active duty in...

As the 6th Marines [Annotator's Note: 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division] were going in [Annotator's Note: on...

Ira Schilling and most of his comrades in Company L, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment changed a great deal after the...

Norman Hatch [Annotator's Note: a photographer in the US Marine Corps] shows the footage of "Marines at Tarawa" [...

After Ira Schilling and Company L, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment hit the beach at Tarawa, Company L split up and...

Henry James Bird [Annotator's Note: assigned to Company F, 2nd Battalion, 18th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division of...

Edward Bale operated the M4 Medium Tank [Annotator's Note: also known as the Sherman] during World War 2 except when he...

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