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Lieutenant Commander Bill Burch and Ensign Thomas Reeves flying USS Yorktown-based SBD dive bombers over Makin, Gilbert Islands, 1 Feb 1942M3 Lee Medium Tank, with a 75mm gun in the sponson and a 37mm gun in the turret, on Butaritari Island, Makin Atoll, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943. A medical crew waits beside their jeep for tanks to pass.
Lieutenant Commander Bill Burch and Ensign Thomas Reeves flying USS Yorktown-based SBD dive bombers over Makin, Gilbert Islands, 1 Feb 1942M3 Lee Medium Tank, with a 75mm gun in the sponson and a 37mm gun in the turret, on Butaritari Island, Makin Atoll, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943. A medical crew waits beside their jeep for tanks to pass.
TBM-1C Avengers over Makin Island (now Butaritari Island), in the Gilbert Islands following a bombing raid, Nov 1943.Troops of 2nd Battalion, US 165th Infantry at Yellow Beach Two, Butaritari, Makin Atoll, Gilbert Islands, 20 Nov 1943
TBM-1C Avengers over Makin Island (now Butaritari Island), in the Gilbert Islands following a bombing raid, Nov 1943.Troops of 2nd Battalion, US 165th Infantry at Yellow Beach Two, Butaritari, Makin Atoll, Gilbert Islands, 20 Nov 1943
Japanese anti-tank barricade on Makin, Gilbert Islands; seen in US Army publication TM E 30-480 Japanese anti-tank ditch on Makin, Gilbert Islands; seen in US Army publication TM E 30-480
Japanese anti-tank barricade on Makin, Gilbert Islands; seen in US Army publication TM E 30-480 'Handbook On Japanese Military Forces' dated 15 Sep 1944Japanese anti-tank ditch on Makin, Gilbert Islands; seen in US Army publication TM E 30-480 'Handbook On Japanese Military Forces' dated 15 Sep 1944


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