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Minneapolis bombarding Butaritari Island, Makin Atoll, Gilbert Islands with her 5-in secondary guns, 20 Nov 1943; note rings of smoke	Stern view of USS Gar at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 20 Nov 1943

The tail of an F6F Hellcat of Fighting Squadron VF-25 being yanked to the deck as the tailhook catches a wire aboard the USS Cowpens off Makin Atoll (now Butaritari), 20 Nov 1943	Troops of 2nd Battalion, US 165th Infantry at Yellow Beach Two, Butaritari, Makin Atoll, Gilbert Islands, 20 Nov 1943

US Marines in prone position on the landing beach at Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, 20 Nov 1943, photo 1 of 2	US Marines in prone position on the landing beach at Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, 20 Nov 1943, photo 2 of 2

US Marines on a beach at Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, 20-23 Nov 1943	US Marines taking cover behind a barricade on 'Red Beach 3', Betio, Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands, 20 Nov 1943, photo 1 of 2

US Marines taking cover behind a barricade on 'Red Beach 3', Betio, Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands, 20 Nov 1943, photo 2 of 2	USS Iowa delivering President Franklin Roosevelt to Africa for transit on to the Tehran Conference, Mers El Kébir, Oran, Algeria, 20 Nov 1943. Note French cruiser Jeanne d’Arc just beyond Iowa. See Note below.

American Marines negotiating Japanese-laid barb wire, Betio, Tarawa Atoll, 21 Nov 1943	American Marines took cover at a pillbox, 21 Nov 1943

Betio airfield, Tarawa Atoll, 21 Nov 1943	Casualties evacuated by rubber boat, Betio, Tarawa Atoll, 21 Nov 1943

Chinese officers at the Mena House Hotel, Cairo, Egypt, Nov 1943	Japanese command post after American shelling and attack, Betio, Tarawa Atoll, 21 Nov 1943

LVT disabled on Red 1 Beach, Betio, Tarawa Atoll, 21 Nov 1943	Supplies unloading at Red 2 Beach, Betio, Tarawa Atoll, 21 Nov 1943

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	US Marine fighting on Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943