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United States 2nd Marine Division on their way to Tarawa during World War 2

'With Marines at Tarawa ' United States 2nd Marine Division embark a ship for an amphibious operation in Tarawa during World War II. Marines briefed about the terrain of Tarawa with a relief map. They clean machine guns, check and test fire weapons. Marines exercise and receive instructions from an officer. A mass on board the ship where a Chaplain and marines offer prayers before the battle of Tarawa.

Location: Tarawa Gilbert Islands
Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058541
U.S. Marines in foxholes and wreckage at a beach of Tarawa in the Pacific Ocean.

Activities of U.S. soldiers on Tarawa in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. General wreckage on Tarawa. Wreckage along the beach of Tarawa. Men carry supplies in barges at a pier. Dug in positions on the beach. Men in fox holes. Damaged buildings in the background. Trees in the background.

Location: Tarawa Gilbert Islands
Date: 1944, March
Duration: 1 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675062567
Equipment offloaded from LST-482 and LCT-350 at Tarawa Islands, Pacific, during World War II.

Large explosions on Japanese-held Pacific island in World War 2 as U.S. planes drop bombs. Bombs explode on island. Clouds of smoke arise from explosions. Small bulldozer pushes up sand along water's edge of Tarawa Island. Two marines watch bulldozer. LST-482 (Landing Ship, Tank) in the background. LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel), jungle camouflaged alongside LST-482. Bulldozer exits from LST. Bulldozer pushes sand between shore and ramp of waiting LCT-350 (Landing Craft, Tank), which is loaded with heavy equipment. Jeeps and equipment being off loaded from LCT-350.

Location: Tarawa Gilbert Islands
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052297
Wounded U.S. Marines during Battle of Tarawa, World War II at Gilbert Islands Pacific

U.S. Marines wounded during Battle of Tarawa in World War 2. Injured soldiers carried to shore from LVT (Landing Vehicle Tracked) while other men advance. A soldier is carried on stretcher while another soldier shows bullet hole in his helmet. U.S. Marine on a stretcher with a large wound on his right leg.

Location: Gilbert Islands
Date: 1943, November 23
Duration: 1 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675023681
American campaign against Japanese-held islands in the Pacific during World War II

U.S. sea power in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Aerial view of landing craft speeding through the water below. Animated map of Pacific Islands including the Solomons, New Britain, and New Guinea. Shows arrows depicting American amphibious assaults on Russell Islands in February, 1943; on New Guinea, and Rendova in June, on New Georgia in July, on Eastern New Georgia in August, on Choiseul, in October, and Bouganvillle in November, 1943. Aerial view of a Pacific Island airfield. Grumman F4F aircraft with engine running on an aircraft carrier. Bow view of an American Essex class Aircraft Carrier making way in heavy seas. A Douglas Dauntless airplane heading away from a carrier (in background). Map showing locations of American North and South Pacific naval forces and arrows pointing to Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands, and then to the Marshall Islands (Kwajalein Atoll and Enewetak Atoll). American infantry marching with full field packs, at a port, where they board transport ships. An artillery field piece being loaded on the ship, along with landing vehicles tracked, and army trucks. A convoy of troop ships and supply ships at sea.

Location: Pacific Theater
Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 25 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067284
Smoke arises from explosions on island and beach, Tarawa Island, the Pacific Ocean.

Ships on patrol at sunset. LST underway at sea. Island in the background. Planes strafe island. Boat moves away from island. Plane bombs beach. Smoke arises from explosion on beach. (World War II period).

Location: Tarawa Gilbert Islands
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052301
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