Across the Reef: The Marine Assault of TarawaSetting the StageAssault PreparationsSidebar: The 2d Marine Division at TarawaSidebar: Major General Julian C. Smith, USMCSidebar: The Japanese Special Naval Landing ForcesD-Day at Betio, 20 November 1943Sidebar: LVT-2 and LVT(A)2 Amphibian TractorsSidebar: ‘The Singapore Guns’Sidebar: Sherman Medium Tanks at TarawaD+1 at Betio, 21 November 1943Sidebar: Colonel David M. Shoup, USMCThe Third Day: D+2 at Betio, 22 November 1943Completing the Task: 23–28 November 1943Sidebar: Incident on D+3The Significance of TarawaSidebar: Tarawa TodaySourcesAbout the AuthorAbout the SeriesTranscriber’s Notes
Across the Reef: The Marine Assault of TarawaSetting the StageAssault PreparationsSidebar: The 2d Marine Division at TarawaSidebar: Major General Julian C. Smith, USMCSidebar: The Japanese Special Naval Landing ForcesD-Day at Betio, 20 November 1943Sidebar: LVT-2 and LVT(A)2 Amphibian TractorsSidebar: ‘The Singapore Guns’Sidebar: Sherman Medium Tanks at TarawaD+1 at Betio, 21 November 1943Sidebar: Colonel David M. Shoup, USMCThe Third Day: D+2 at Betio, 22 November 1943Completing the Task: 23–28 November 1943Sidebar: Incident on D+3The Significance of TarawaSidebar: Tarawa TodaySourcesAbout the AuthorAbout the SeriesTranscriber’s Notes
Marines inWorld War IICommemorative Series
By Colonel Joseph H. AlexanderU.S. Marine Corps (Ret)
LtGen Julian C. Smith Collection“Quiet Lagoon” is a classic end-of-battle photograph of the considerable wreckage along Red Beach Two.
LtGen Julian C. Smith Collection
LtGen Julian C. Smith Collection
“Quiet Lagoon” is a classic end-of-battle photograph of the considerable wreckage along Red Beach Two.
“Quiet Lagoon” is a classic end-of-battle photograph of the considerable wreckage along Red Beach Two.
U.S. Navy Combat Art CollectionArtist Kerr Eby, who landed at Tarawa as a participant, entitled this sketch “Bullets and Barbed Wire.”
U.S. Navy Combat Art Collection
U.S. Navy Combat Art Collection
Artist Kerr Eby, who landed at Tarawa as a participant, entitled this sketch “Bullets and Barbed Wire.”
Artist Kerr Eby, who landed at Tarawa as a participant, entitled this sketch “Bullets and Barbed Wire.”