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

About this film

Naval Photographic Center film #4272 National Archives description "1) MS-Pan Damaged Japanese shore guns, installations, F6F on strip, Marines on pier-SV. 2) GV Marines wade, push rubber boat toward pier. 3) GV Pier, beachhead, wounded etc. 4) MS Marines in fox hole, explosion, wreckage. 5) MS Japanese prisoners, aerial torpedo, wreckage. 6) GV Wounded Marine, mortars etc. on beachhead. 7) GV Fire, dead Japanese, Japanese rifle-SV. 8) CU Gen. Smith, air strip, Navy nurses, Smith boards B-24" National Archives Identifier: 77029 mislabeled 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, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Kiribati, Tarawa, Battle Of, Kiribati, 1943, United States. Marine Corps, World War II, United States. -- Marine Corps -- History -- World War, 1939-1945, World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners And Prisons, American, United States. -- Navy Nurse Corps, War -- Relief Of Sick And Wounded, Navy Nurse Corps, B-24 Bomber, Smith, Julian C. (Constable), 1885-1975, Short Snorter

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