Caption | US Coast Guard personnel transporting supplies to Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, circa 20-23 Nov 1943; note the wreck of an American LCVP in center of photo ww2dbase | ||||||||
Photographer | Unknown | ||||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives | ||||||||
Identification Code | 26-G-3018 | ||||||||
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Photos on Same Day | 21 Nov 1943 | ||||||||
Photos at Same Place | Tarawa, Gilbert and Ellice Islands | ||||||||
Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||||||
Licensing | Public Domain. According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010: Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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2. Anonymous says:
30 Apr 2011 09:01:49 PM
The wreck of an "American ship" is actually an LCM that had been carrying a Marine medium Sherman tank to the beach but took a direct hit from Japanese shore batteries on Betio.
30 Apr 2011 09:01:49 PM
The wreck of an "American ship" is actually an LCM that had been carrying a Marine medium Sherman tank to the beach but took a direct hit from Japanese shore batteries on Betio.
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30 Apr 2011 09:00:59 PM
The wreck of an "American ship" is actually an LCM that had been carrying a Marine medium Sherman tank to the beach but took a direct hit from Japanese shore batteries on Betio.