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Chiang Kaishek, Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Song Meiling, Cairo, Egypt, Nov 1943, photo 4 of 4	Colonel Merritt Edson and Colonel David Shoup met over Betio tactics, Tarawa Atoll, 23 Nov 1943

Men and supplies on the beach of Betio, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, late Nov 1943	US Marine 75mm howitzer team, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, 20-23 Nov 1943

US Marines at Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, late Nov 1943	US Marines on the landing beach at Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, late Nov 1943

American base at Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943	American flag flying over Betio, Tarawa Atoll, 24 Nov 1943

Destruction on Betio after battle, Tarawa Atoll, 24 Nov 1943	Enterprise underway during Gilberts operation, 24 Nov 1943

Firefighters extinguishing a burning F6F-3 Hellcat fighter (Lieutenant (jg) Alfred W. Magee, Jr.) after an emergency landing on USS Cowpens during the Gilbert Islands Campaign, Pacific Ocean, 24 Nov 1943	Looking east down the airfield, Betio, Tarawa Atoll, 24 Nov 1943

Patrol Craft PCS-1424 photographed on the Manitowoc River by her builder, the Burger Boat Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States, 24 Nov 1943. Note the Mousetrap anti-submarine rocket rails on the foredeck.	Tarawa beach after American conquest, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943

US Marine code talker on Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943	Broadside view of USS Intrepid off Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, United States, 25 Nov 1943. Note the blank starboard side of the ship; later photos will show the addition of anti-aircraft gun sponsons.

Thanksgiving holiday dinner menu aboard USS Wake Island, 25 Nov 1943	US flag on Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, late Nov 1943

US Marines evacuating a wounded comrade, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, late Nov 1943	US Marines inspecting a fallen Japanese naval infantryman, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, late Nov 1943