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Men of US 2nd Marine Division fighting on Tarawa, Gilbert islands, Nov 1943	Stern view of USS Gar off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 22 Nov 1943	TBF Avenger aircraft flew above Enterprise during Gilbert Islands campaign, 22 Nov 1943	US Marines at Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, 20-23 Nov 1943. Note 2-man .30 cal machine gun team (gunner with the gun on his shoulder and loader two steps ahead with tripod).

US Marines inspecting Japanese trenches, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, 20-23 Nov 1943	US Marines on Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943. Note M2 Flamethrower leaning against the wall, right center.	US Marines unloading ammunition from a jeep which had just been driven directly off of a landing barge, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943	US Marines wading through the waters off Tarawa as they came in to reinforce Marines already on the island, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943

US Navy doctor bandaging a head wound for a US Marine, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943; note the Marine standing on left held a flask of blood plasma	WAAF intelligence officer Section Officer P. Duncalfe questioning No. 49 Squadron RAF Lancaster bomber pilot Warrant Officer H. Blunt (to her left) and his crew upon their return to Fiskerton, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom after a raid on Berlin, Germany, 22 Nov 1943; this crew would be killed five days later during another mission to Berlin	Wounded US Marine being evacuated from Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943	Chiang Kaishek, Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Song Meiling at Cairo, Egypt, Nov 1943, photo 1 of 4

Chiang Kaishek, Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Song Meiling at Cairo, Egypt, Nov 1943, photo 2 of 4	Chiang Kaishek, Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Song Meiling, Cairo, Egypt, Nov 1943, photo 3 of 4	Chiang Kaishek, Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Song Meiling, Cairo, Egypt, Nov 1943, photo 4 of 4	Colonel Merritt Edson and Colonel David Shoup met over Betio tactics, Tarawa Atoll, 23 Nov 1943

Map depicting the invasion of Makin and Tarawa Atolls, Gilbert Islands, 20-23 Nov 1943	Men and supplies on the beach of Betio, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, late Nov 1943	US Marine 75mm howitzer team, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, 20-23 Nov 1943	US Marines at Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, late Nov 1943