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US Marines taking cover behind a barricade on 'Red Beach 3', Betio, Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands, 20 Nov 1943, photo 1 of 2	US Marines taking cover behind a barricade on 'Red Beach 3', Betio, Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands, 20 Nov 1943, photo 2 of 2	USS Iowa delivering President Franklin Roosevelt to Africa for transit on to the Tehran Conference, Mers El Kébir, Oran, Algeria, 20 Nov 1943. Note French cruiser Jeanne d’Arc just beyond Iowa. See Note below.	American Marines negotiating Japanese-laid barb wire, Betio, Tarawa Atoll, 21 Nov 1943

American Marines took cover at a pillbox, 21 Nov 1943	Betio airfield, Tarawa Atoll, 21 Nov 1943	Casualties evacuated by rubber boat, Betio, Tarawa Atoll, 21 Nov 1943	Chinese officers at the Mena House Hotel, Cairo, Egypt, Nov 1943

Japanese command post after American shelling and attack, Betio, Tarawa Atoll, 21 Nov 1943	LVT disabled on Red 1 Beach, Betio, Tarawa Atoll, 21 Nov 1943	Supplies unloading at Red 2 Beach, Betio, Tarawa Atoll, 21 Nov 1943	US Coast Guard personnel transporting supplies to Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, circa 20-23 Nov 1943; note the wreck of an American LCVP in center of photo

US Marine fighting on Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943	US Marines fighting on Betio, Tarawa Atoll, Nov 1943, photo 1 of 2	US Marines fighting on Betio, Tarawa Atoll, Nov 1943, photo 2 of 2	US Marines fighting on Betio, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, 20-23 Nov 1943

US Marines landing at Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943, photo 1 of 2	US Marines landing at Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943, photo 2 of 2	US Marines on the Tarawa invasion beach designated Red Beach 3, Gilbert Islands, 20-21 Nov 1943	US Marines resting near an amphibian tractor, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943