A convoy of transport and battle ships underway in Pacific Theater to bombard Tarawa Island. A SOC seagull plane on catapult in the foreground. United States Navy Tennessee underway with American flag and signal flags hoisted onto it. A man on board the ship looks seawards through the binoculars. United States Navy ship Colorado underway in the sea. (World War II period).
United States marines on their way to invade Tarawa Island in Pacific Theater during World War II. American Marines pray on board a ship during burial at sea. They stand with their heads lowered as a bugler blows a tap. An unidentified ship's stern underway in the sea. Cargo ship (AK) burns. Marines on a 20 mm gun on board a ship as the man to the right cocks the gun. Landing Ship Tank approaches. Marines in battle dress load in a Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel and it moves towards the beach of Tarawa.
United States Marines at work around an equipment while on their way to invade Tarawa Island in Pacific Theater during World War II. A motor launched from hospital ship USS Solace (AH-5) and wounded loaded onto it. USS Solace anchored in harbor off shore Tarawa. Wounded marines lowered down the side of an unidentified ship. A captain giver orders over a megaphone on flying bridge of the ship. Signalman sends blinker signal. LCM (Landing Craft Mechanized) underway in the sea.
United States Marines dressed in invasion uniform on board an invasion ship heading to Tarawa, Kiribati during World War II. Marine reads orders to a group. Marines chock 50 cal. Water cooled machine guns on board the ship. Marines set up tripods for machine guns two men in the background set up machine guns. Men break down equipment and walk off with it.
United States marine officers stand against the rail on a ship as they converse one of them has a binoculars around his neck. A Marine Colonel speaks to the officers on the deck of an invasion ship. Several officers stand around the mock up of Tarawa Island and converse about the invasion on board a transport ship.
Equipment on deck of APA (transport ship) United States marine walk between small craft on the deck of a ship while on their way to invade Tarawa in Pacific Theater. APA ship sends blinker message as the sky is overcast. Several transport ships underway in the sea. United States Navy Arthur Middleton, a transport ship. Marines clean mortar on board a transport ship using ramrods.
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