58 items in this album on 3 pages.

US Marines on Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943. Note M2 Flamethrower leaning against the wall, right center.Wounded US Marine being evacuated from Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943Men and supplies on the beach of Betio, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, late Nov 1943US Marine 75mm howitzer team, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, 20-23 Nov 1943
US Marines on Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943. Note M2 Flamethrower leaning against the wall, right center.Wounded US Marine being evacuated from Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943Men and supplies on the beach of Betio, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, late Nov 1943US Marine 75mm howitzer team, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, 20-23 Nov 1943
US Marines at Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, late Nov 1943US Marines on the landing beach at Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, late Nov 1943US Marine code talker on Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943US flag on Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, late Nov 1943
US Marines at Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, late Nov 1943US Marines on the landing beach at Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, late Nov 1943US Marine code talker on Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943US flag on Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, late Nov 1943
US Marines evacuating a wounded comrade, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, late Nov 1943US Marines inspecting a fallen Japanese naval infantryman, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, late Nov 1943Destroyed Japanese coastal battery, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, late Nov 1943Religious service for US Marines aboard a Heywood-class attack transport ship, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, late Nov 1943 (either the USS Heywood or the USS William P. Biddle).
US Marines evacuating a wounded comrade, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, late Nov 1943US Marines inspecting a fallen Japanese naval infantryman, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, late Nov 1943Destroyed Japanese coastal battery, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, late Nov 1943Religious service for US Marines aboard a Heywood-class attack transport ship, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, late Nov 1943 (either the USS Heywood or the USS William P. Biddle).
B-24J Liberator “Our Baby” of the 27th Bomb Squadron at Funafuti Airfield, Gilbert Islands, Dec 1943.P-40N Warhawk US Marine on a captured Japanese Navy vehicle, Makin, Gilbert Islands, late 1943P-40N Warhawk fighter with the 45th Fighter Squadron at Nanumea Airstrip, Gilbert Islands, Dec 10 1943
B-24J Liberator “Our Baby” of the 27th Bomb Squadron at Funafuti Airfield, Gilbert Islands, Dec 1943.P-40N Warhawk 'Geronimo' of the 45th Fighter Squadron being serviced on Nanumea Airfield, Ellice Islands, Dec 1943US Marine on a captured Japanese Navy vehicle, Makin, Gilbert Islands, late 1943P-40N Warhawk fighter with the 45th Fighter Squadron at Nanumea Airstrip, Gilbert Islands, Dec 10 1943
B-24D Liberator US Navy F6F-3 Hellcats and USAAF B-25 Mitchell bombers of the 41st Bomb Group share the Mullinix airstrip on Tarawa Island, Gilbert Islands, Jan-Apr 1944.
B-24D Liberator 'The Gremlin/Sexy Sue II Mother of Ten' of the 98th Bomb Squadron crash landed on Makin Island (now Butaritari), Gilbert Islands after battle damage over Mille Atoll (now Mili), Dec 18, 1943US Navy F6F-3 Hellcats and USAAF B-25 Mitchell bombers of the 41st Bomb Group share the Mullinix airstrip on Tarawa Island, Gilbert Islands, Jan-Apr 1944.

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