
Caption | US Marines aboard a US Coast Guard-manned transport while they traveled for Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943 ww2dbase | ||||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives | ||||||||
Identification Code | FCG21091 | ||||||||
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Photos on Same Day | 15 Nov 1943 | ||||||||
Photos at Same Place | Tarawa, Gilbert and Ellice Islands | ||||||||
Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||||||
Added Date | 12 Oct 2007 | ||||||||
Licensing | Public Domain. According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010: |
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15 Nov 2013 10:21:12 AM
My dad was on one of those transports