Marines Land, Fighting On Tarawa, 11/25/1943

About this film

Naval Photographic Center film #1963. National Archives description "1) GV Shell bursts, Marines fire, others advance FG. 2) GV Marines fire at Japanese running, advance amid wreckage, dugout. 3) CU Marines in dugout, flame thrower BG. 4) MS Marines fighting atop dugout. 5) CU Dead Japanese killed by flame thrower, tilt to Marines. 6) CU Japanese bodies amid wreckage, Japanese pill box. 7) CU Cat under damaged tank--Marine feeds it. 8) GV Marines advance on pill box. 9) MS-Pan Stripped Japanese is marched in by Marine. 10) MS Japanese Zero, Marines march across strip. 11) SHS Jeep, Marines mill around after battle. 12) CU Japanese OP & dugout. Marines sit around, relax. 13) SHS Koreans workers, Marines BG-3V. 14) CU Japanese twin mount gun. 15) SHS Koreans. MS-Pan Marines advance on dugout." National Archives Identifier: 7 6290 As always, any error or typo is mine and if you enjoy my uploads or if you intend to make $ or otherwise profit from these files, please consider making a donation to a veteran's charity of your choice and/or Archive.org itself. Thanks.

Directors & creators

United States. Navy

Subjects

WWII, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Kiribati, United States. Navy, World War, 1939-1945, United States. Marine Corps, World War II, Tarawa, Battle Of, Kiribati, 1943, United States. -- Marine Corps -- History -- World War, 1939-1945

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