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Dead American marines during the battle of Tarawa in Pacific Theater

Landing craft on a beach at Tarawa in Pacific Theater. Various types of small crafts underway in sea and United States Navy landing crafts beached. Supply boxes on a pier and dead American marines on litters. Marines walk up a pier. (World War II period).

Location: Tarawa Gilbert Islands
Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675048148
U.S. Marines rest and build bunkers during the battle of Tarawa in Pacific Theater

After the Battle of Tarawa in the Pacific Theater. U.S. Marines wade through a portion of a lagoon towards a pier. LVT (Landing Vehicle Traced) on the beach. Marines build bunkers and put sand bags on the beach. A marine lies in a trench, marines relax, sit and talk. Marines mill about building foxholes and carry supplies on the beach. Fire at a building among palm trees. Japanese dugout with dead in it. A dead Japanese inside a bunker whereas another dead Japanese lies next to the bunker. A Marine with two rifles in his hand. (World War II period).

Location: Tarawa Gilbert Islands
Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675048150
U.S. Marines launch the Battle of Tarawa, in the Pacific, during World War II.

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.

Location: Tarawa Gilbert Islands
Date: 1943, November 20
Duration: 6 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072662
U.S. Marine Corps fire artillery on the Japanese bunker during the Battle of Tarawa in World War II.

U.S. Marine Corps during Battle of Tarawa in World War II. Marines of United States 2nd Marine Division advance on a Japanese bunker and use hand grenades and flame throwers. Smoke column rises from explosions. Many dead Japanese dead seen lying on the other side of the bunker. U.S. marine runs with machine gun to set up in a fortified position.

Location: Tarawa Gilbert Islands
Date: 1943, November 22
Duration: 1 min 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072664
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
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
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