United States ships and a landing craft convoy underway in the Pacific Ocean during the Battle of Tarawa of World War II . Marines aboard landing crafts and ships underway. Two airplanes in flight overhead. A bespectacled marine yawns. The ships at the horizon. A coiled painter hanging over a sea painter on a life boat. The ships in the background.
United States ships and a landing craft convoy underway in the Pacific Ocean during the Battle of Tarawa of World War II. Landing Craft Vehicle Personnels (LCVPs) come ashore. The shoreline of a Pacific island. Trees in the background. Smoke rising in the background.
United States ships and a landing craft convoy near an island in the Pacific Ocean during the Battle of Tarawa of World War II. Landing crafts at a beach. Activities on the shore. Marines walk along a roadway. They talk amongst themselves. A group of marines stands around the British flag. Two marines hold the American flag. A group of men holds the British flag. The marines salute as the British flag is raised. Hook of a boat in the foreground. A landing craft in the far background.
United States ships and a landing craft convoy underway in the Pacific Ocean during the Battle of Tarawa of World War II. The shoreline of an island. A transport in the foreground. Marines in camouflaged helmets underway at sea in the foreground.
United States Marines on an island in the Pacific Ocean during the Battle of Tarawa of World War II. Marines seated on the beach in bivouac area. A burning building. A wrecked tank in water. The convoy in the background. Dead bodies of United States Marines. More dead bodies floating on the edge of the beach. An oil fire in a distance. A damaged building.
A film on workings and general features of DUKWs. DUKWs operating at Guadalcanal in the Pacific Ocean. A ship underway in the foreground. Men aboard another ship. DUKWs underway near the ship. Unloading activities are undertaken. The DUKWs carry the cargo ashore. They are beached. They move along a street. Trees along street sides. A ship and DUKWs underway at sea.