American marines capture Gilbert Islands stronghold at Tarawa in one of the fiercest battles of the war
- Description:
- Top left: two marines bring in a Japanese prisoner; Top right: marines crouch behind sandbags; Middle: a Japanese pillbox on Tarawa; Bottom left: an American Sherman tank knocked out in the battle; Bottom right: an American C47 transport plane landing on the American airstrip on Tarawa. Another Grumman Hellcat fighter sits beside the strip.
- Display date:
- 1944-01-12
- Location:
- Kiribati
- Collections:
- Auckland Weekly News
- Content partner:
- Auckland Libraries
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- Not specified
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