Marines Invade Tarawa Island & In Action, 11/25/1943

About this film

Naval Photographic Center film #4269. National Archives description "1) GV Reinforcements advance across air strip. 2) GV-Pan wrecked Japanese planes, palms, trucks, mortars. 3) LS LVTAs & LCMs approach Is., smoke columns BG-SV. 4) MS Marines shell snipers-SV. 5) MS Dead Japanese, flame thrower, wrecked palms. 6) GV Shovel, scrapers & rollers level air strip-SV. 7) MS Damaged Japanese searchlight, shors batteries etc.-SV. 8) SHM Lt. explains Tarawa map, others look on-SV. 9) SHM Chaplain conducts mass aboard AP-3V. 10) MS Wreckage, dead Japanese, Marines mill around. 11) GV LCPs, LCMs lay to, DD BG shells Is." National Archives Identifier: 77026 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, United States. Navy, World War II, Landing Craft -- United States, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Kiribati, United States. -- Marine Corps -- History -- World War, 1939-1945, Chaplains, Military -- United States, United States. Marine Corps, Tarawa, Battle Of, Kiribati, 1943

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