US Marines Attack Tarawa, 1943
US Marines attacking the beach and Japanese defences at Tarawa Atoll in November 1943 during the Gilbert and Marshall Islands Campaign (November 1943 to February 1944) in the Pacific War of WWII (1939-45).
US Marine Corps Archives & Special Collections.
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