U.S. ships near Tarawa in the Pacific Ocean during World War 2. Destroyer USS Frazier, DD-607, painted in Measure 21 Navy Blue camouflage, comes along side a transport. The USS Frazier's line is attached to the ship. Mail being transferred from the Frazier to the other ship. A convoy underway at sea. A line attached from the destroyer to other vessel.
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.
Activities of U.S. Marines on Tarawa in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Two marines look at a damaged Japanese motorcycle. Natives walk on a street. Captain Louis Hayward and other soldiers guard the natives. The natives move down a road. A jeep moves along the side of the road. Barbed wire barriers off the beach. Japanese coastal defense guns. Damaged Japanese gun emplacement in the foreground.
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. marines engage Japanese during the Battle of Tarawa in World War II. Members of United States 2nd Marine Division walk up gangplanks, in full battle gear, and board ships. Convoy of ships underway in the Pacific Ocean, with weapons on deck visible. Fighter escort aircraft from U.S. aircraft carriers fly in formation over the convoy. A U.S. destroyer pulls alongside to deliver sealed orders on a line stretched between the two vessels. Officer briefs the Marines with a relief map on deck of ship. Marines load ammunition in belts for machine guns. They check and fire weapons. They exercise to relieve tension. Navy and coast guard assault boat coxwains receive last minute instructions from an officer. Chaplain conducts religious services for the Marines before the invasion day. Boats loaded with marines proceed toward the shore. Explosions occur. Aircraft in flight as they strafe and drop bombs on Japanese shore installations. American assault boats approach the beach. Heavy Japanese firing destroys several U.S. assault boats. Marines find some shelter behind a pier extending into the water. Marines are held down by heavy Japanese fire. They suffer heavy casualties and administer aid to wounded.
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