96 items in this album on 5 pages.
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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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US Marines on the Tarawa invasion beach designated Red Beach 3, Gilbert Islands, 20-21 Nov 1943 | US Marines resting near an amphibian tractor, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943 |
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US Marines with a pin-up girl picture in a landing craft, off Tarawa, Nov 1943 | Wounded US Marine, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, 20-23 Nov 1943 |
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Wounded US Marines being evacuated from Tarawa via a rubber boat, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943 | Wreck of an American tractor stuck on a log wall, Betio, Tarawa Atoll, 21 Nov 1943 |
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American base at Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943; note sign 'The Lousy Lousy Lounge' | American soldiers and supplies on the beach of Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943 |
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American tank disabled at Betio beach, Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands, 22 Nov 1943 | Howitzers firing in support of advancing Marines, Betio, Tarawa Atoll, 22 Nov 1943 |
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Injured US Marine being carried by fellow Marines, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943 | Japanese beach obstacles, Betio, Tarawa Atoll, 22 Nov 1943 |
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Japanese POWs put to work as laborers for USMC, Betio, Tarawa Atoll, 22 Nov 1943 | Landing barges and LCT craft at Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943 |
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Major General Julian Smith, Colonel Meritt Edson, and Brigadier General Thomas Bourke, Betio, Tarawa Atoll, 22 Nov 1943 | Men of 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Division wading ashore at Green Beach, Betio, Tarawa Atoll, 22 Nov 1943 |
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Men of US 2nd Marine Division fighting on Tarawa, Gilbert islands, Nov 1943 | TBF Avenger aircraft flew above Enterprise during Gilbert Islands campaign, 22 Nov 1943 |
96 items in this album on 5 pages.