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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 | WAAF intelligence officer Section Officer P. Duncalfe questioning No. 49 Squadron RAF Lancaster bomber pilot Warrant Officer H. Blunt (to her left) and his crew upon their return to Fiskerton, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom after a raid on Berlin, Germany, 22 Nov 1943; this crew would be killed five days later during another mission to Berlin |
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| Wounded US Marine being evacuated from Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943 |
27 items in this album on 2 pages.
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