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| TBF Avenger aircraft flew above Enterprise during Gilbert Islands campaign, 22 Nov 1943 | US Marines at Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, 20-23 Nov 1943. Note 2-man .30 cal machine gun team (gunner with the gun on his shoulder and loader two steps ahead with tripod). |
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| US Marines inspecting Japanese trenches, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, 20-23 Nov 1943 | US Marines on Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943. Note M2 Flamethrower leaning against the wall, right center. |
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| US Marines unloading ammunition from a jeep which had just been driven directly off of a landing barge, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943 | US Marines wading through the waters off Tarawa as they came in to reinforce Marines already on the island, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943 |
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| US Navy doctor bandaging a head wound for a US Marine, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943; note the Marine standing on left held a flask of blood plasma | Wounded US Marine being evacuated from Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943 |
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| Chiang Kaishek, Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Song Meiling at Cairo, Egypt, Nov 1943, photo 1 of 3 | Chiang Kaishek, Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Song Meiling at Cairo, Egypt, Nov 1943, photo 2 of 3 |
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| Chiang Kaishek, Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Song Meiling at Cairo, Egypt, Nov 1943, photo 3 of 3 | Colonel Merritt Edson and Colonel David Shoup met over Betio tactics, Tarawa Atoll, 23 Nov 1943 |
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| Map depicting the invasion of Makin and Tarawa Atolls, Gilbert Islands, 20-23 Nov 1943 | Men and supplies on the beach of Betio, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, late Nov 1943 |
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| US Marine 75mm howitzer team, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, 20-23 Nov 1943 | US Marines at Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, late Nov 1943 |
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| US Marines on the landing beach at Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, late Nov 1943 | American base at Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943 |
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| American flag flying over Betio, Tarawa Atoll, 24 Nov 1943 | Destruction on Betio after battle, Tarawa Atoll, 24 Nov 1943 |
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