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FRONTLINE - TARAWA ATROCITY

Description:
Reporter Ross Stevens accompanies former World War Two coastwatcher John Jones on his trip to the Kiribati (Gilbert) Islands to find the site where the decapitation of 22 British subjects took place, including 17 New Zealand coastwatchers by Japanese as American forces were retaking Tarawa Island in the Kiribati group.
Display date:
1992
Location:
Kiribati
Format:
MovingImage
Collections:
Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Contributors:
PRESENTER: Joanna Paul
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Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
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