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.
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.
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..
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.
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.
Title sequence “U.S. Marine Corps”. United States Marine Corps General Alexander Archer Vandegrift speaks about his experience in the Guadalcanal Campaign from his office during World War 2. A battleship fires off Guadalcanal. A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber flying over Guadalcanal. United States marines climb down ship to board landing craft. Boat filled with United States marines sets sail. Landing craft off Guadalcanal. Landing craft with United States marines land on beach. United States marines set foot and advance on Guadalcanal beach. United States marines unload supplies from LSTs. Marines load boxes in bed of Japanese truck. United States marines raise the United States flag on flagpole. United States marines salute to flag. Sign in Japanese reads “Sick Room Entrance”. Captured Japanese soldiers being made to march out of camp. Captured Japanese soldiers sit behind barbed wires under watch by United States marines. Captured Japanese soldiers only wearing white fundoshi, traditional Japanese underwear for adult males. Shirtless Japanese prisoners sitting under guard by American marines. General Alexander Archer Vandegrift narrates his Guadalcanal experience from his office. Close up of crampon attached to shoe for climbing trees. Soldier leaps toward a coconut palm tree and climbs up using crampons while Vandegrift narrates, explaining that the "American fighting man pits his superior intelligence" against the Japanese. United States fleet admiral William Halsey Jr. presents medals to United States marines. Fleet Admiral William Halsey Jr. and General Alexander Patch. Sign for “Hospital Station C-1-Med” on palm tree. View of Hospital Station tent in Guadalcanal. View of gathered United States marines from behind.
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