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74 years ago, US Marines waded into 'the toughest battle in Marine Corps history' - here are 25 photos of the brutal fight for Tarawa
The intense bloodshed on Tarawa, documented by war correspondents ... Source: US Navy, US Marine Corps The task force's transports arrived off the atoll after midnight on November 20.
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Book Review: Delivering Destruction: American Firepower and Amphibious Assault from Tarawa to Iwo Jima
causing the US naval service – of which the Marine Corps was an element - to finally take seriously the problems inherent in amphibious warfare. In succeeding chapters Hemler discusses the assaults ...
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With the Marines at Tarawa (1944)
Documentary short film depicting the harrowing battle between the U.S. Marines and the Japanese for control of the Pacific island of Tarawa. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership ...