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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| American Marines took cover at a pillbox, 21 Nov 1943 | Betio airfield, Tarawa Atoll, 21 Nov 1943 |
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| Casualties evacuated by rubber boat, Betio, Tarawa Atoll, 21 Nov 1943 | Chinese officers at the Mena House Hotel, Cairo, Egypt, Nov 1943 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| US Marine fighting on Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943 | US Marines fighting on Betio, Tarawa Atoll, Nov 1943, photo 1 of 2 |
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| US Marines fighting on Betio, Tarawa Atoll, Nov 1943, photo 2 of 2 | US Marines fighting on Betio, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, 20-23 Nov 1943 |
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| US Marines landing at Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943, photo 1 of 2 | US Marines landing at Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943, photo 2 of 2 |
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