WWII Tarawa: Officers Conference; Attack Force En Route To Island; Chaplain Aboard Ship, France

About this film

United States Naval Photographic Center film #1961. National Archives description "1) CU Officers going down gangway of AP.2) HA LS Looking down into barge sitting along gangway.3) MCU Officers, Marine and Navy, leaving ship and saluting toward stern.4) HA LS Looking toward gig underway in water.5) CU Officers going down gangway from AP after conferring about Tarawa operation.6) HA LS Looking into gig tied alongside gangway.7) MS Gig pulling away from gangway.8) CU Officers going down ladder, leaving gangway.9) MCU OOD talking into megaphone.10) CU Officers going down accommodation ladder; LCVP pulling away from ladder.11) HA MS Motor whale boat pulling alongside accommodation ladder.12) CU Officers coming down ladder. SV13) LS Stern view of BB underway during simulated attack.14) LS Side view of BB.15) LS AP in FG; LCV-8's in BG.16) MS Bulldozer being lowered from AP into LCM; men in LCM handling lines.17) HA MLS Bulldozer loaded into LCM; men in LCM guiding it into place.18) HA MS LCM pulling away from accommodation ladder; bulldozer aboard LCM; men wearing battle helmets and life jackets.19) Four F6F's flying overhead.20) MLS BB of Tennessee Class underway at sea.21) MS Crew on…

Directors & creators

United States. Navy

Subjects

WWII, World War, 1939-1945, United States. Navy, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Kiribati, USS Monrovia (APA-31), World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial Operations, American, United States. Marine Corps, Tarawa, Battle Of, Kiribati, 1943, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, American, USS Monrovia, World War II, Hellcat (Fighter Plane), Rites And Ceremonies, Chaplains, Military -- United States, United States. -- Marine Corps -- Aviation, Radio operators

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