Activities of U.S. Marines on Tarawa in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. A damaged Japanese coastal defense gun. A man looks at the damaged gun. The man crawls up a platform and looks at the damage. Shells on the deck for the gun.
Activities of U.S. Marines on Tarawa in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. A man stands near the entrance to a Japanese pillbox. The damaged Japanese pillbox. Dead bodies of marines lying on the beach. Dead bodies lying near a damaged LCVP ( Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel). Other dead marine lying on barbed wires. A damaged LCVP in the background. Two airplanes in flight overhead. The marines look at damaged tanks. An arm of a dead marine. The marines dig out a tank from the beach.
U.S. 6th Marines, 22nd Regiment and 2nd Battalion in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. The Marines advance along an open field towards a high ridge. Japanese prisoners move down a roadway guarded by Marine MPs (Military Policemen). The U.S. flag is raised on a small tree on the top of the ridge overlooking ocean during flag raising ceremonies on the southern tip of Okinawa.
U.S. 6th Marines, 22nd Regiment and 2nd Battalion in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Thanksgiving services are held by a Protestant chaplain to celebrate a victory. A Catholic Marine chaplain holds thanksgiving services. Men receive communion.
U.S. 6th Marines, 22nd Regiment and 2nd Battalion in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Okinawan civilians are taken out of caves and assisted to the top of a ridge by the Marines. Hospital corpsmen treat wounded civilians.
U.S. 6th Marines, 22nd Regiment and 2nd Battalion in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Okinawan civilians are taken out from a large cave and are assisted to the top of a ridge by the Marines. United States Marine Corps Major General Roy Geiger watches the operations.
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