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U.S. marines mopping up after battle for Tarawa, in Pacific. Generals Holland and Julian Smith. Admiral Harry Hill. Marine dead.

U.S. Marine Corps during Battle of Tarawa of World War II in November 1943. United States 2nd Marine Division Corps fire artillery. On the beach,Chaplains Assistants remove one dog tag from each of many dead marines. General of the United States Marine Corps Generals Holland McTyerie Smith and Julian Constable Smith U.S. Navy admiral Harry Wilbur Hill, commander of the task force. Bulldozers dig the ground in search of Japanese in bunkers as deep as 20 feet. They destroy the Japanese bunkers. Japanese prisoners are marched by the Marines.

Location: Tarawa Gilbert Islands
Date: 1943, November 23
Duration: 59 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072666
Wounded U.S. Marines carried to boats after the Battle of Tarawa, World War II. Beach covered with dead U.S. Marines

U.S. Marines during the Battle of Tarawa in World War II. Wounded United States marines of the 2nd Marine Division being given first aid in the field. They are carried by stretchers to boats. Navy doctors and corpsmen tend the wounded. They are being taken to hospital ships. View of the beach covered with dead U.S. marines.

Location: Tarawa Gilbert Islands
Date: 1943, November 23
Duration: 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072667
Priest conducts funeral services aboard a ship and dead U.S. marines are buried at sea during following Battle of Tarawa.

U.S. Marine Corps following Battle of Tarawa in World War II. Chaplains conduct funeral services aboard a ship. Dead of the United States 2nd Marine Division, covered with United States flag, are buried at sea. Marines fire guns and pay honor to the dead. They salute. Marines cut away clothing and search Japanese prisoners on the Tarawa beach. Prisoners carry their wounded comrade. U.S. marines drink and fill water from containers of captured Japanese water supplies..

Location: Tarawa Gilbert Islands
Date: 1943, November 24
Duration: 1 min 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072668
Aftermath of Battle for Tarawa, in Pacific, during World War II. Destroyed Japanese shore batteries, tank, and Command Post

Battle of Tarawa in Pacific during World War II. British Vickers coastal guns, captured by the Japanese in Singapore, silenced by U.S. Navy bombardments. Damaged Japanese tank and Command Post.

Location: Tarawa Gilbert Islands
Date: 1943, November
Duration: 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072669
Construction of airstrip by the U.S. Seabees on Tarawa, Kiribati, during the Battle of Tarawa in World War II.

Bucket cranes and bulldozers remove and clear heaps of dirt for constructing an airstrip. Dump trucks spread sand and road scrapers and steam rollers prepare the ground. U.S. F6F fighter aircraft land on the newly constructed airstrip. Pilot poses with marines of the United States 2nd Marine Division.

Location: Tarawa Gilbert Islands
Date: 1943, November 25
Duration: 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072670
United States Marines with tanks advance towards a village in Okinawa during Battle of Okinawa.

United States Marines in Okinawa during Battle of Okinawa. The U.S. soldiers relaxing with an amphibious tank passing over a bridge in the background. The soldiers seated along a dirt road. Smoke rises from hillside. (World War II period).

Location: Okinawa Ryukyu Islands
Date: 1945, April 4
Duration: 1 min 23 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063805
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