Landing on Tarawa and General Action Part 1

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new Master 7 Sept 71 INDEX NO. 0206 PRODUCED BY LOCATION DATE 2D TARAWA UNK 1943 NEGATIVE POSITIVE DUPL. NEG. MASTER 16MM 35MM LENGTH 10 9 Col. 350 ft. SUBJECT: CROSS REFERENCE LANDING ON TARAWA AND GENERAL ACTION MS-PAN LCVP's headed ashore. LOCATION-Tarawa LS Plane flying overhead, dawn. LANDING CRAFT-LSCP LS Shell hits, smoke rising from Island. PLANES-GEN.-In Flight Man's helmet in FG. SMOKE COLUMNS-Land LS Smoke columns rising from shore, dawn. SHIPS-GEN.-Convoy MS-PAN Convoy underway, airplane overhead, SHIPS-BB dawn. SHIPS-DD LS Smoke of shell hits rising from island, PLANES-GEN.-Formation PAN to smoke columns on other area of OBSERVERS beach. OPTICS-Binoculars LS Smoke columns on beach, men in LCVP in COMMUNICATIONS-Blinker FG. NAVY-Sailors, USN MS-PAN DD underway, men and flag in extreme FG BRIEFING-USN obstruct part of frame. NAVY-Officers, USN MS DD underway, shot through slit of bow FLAGS-Signal CONT'D. PRISONERS-Jap QUALITY HQ NO. 2D-16-6 REEL 17 of 17 INDEX NO. 206

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Records of the U.S. Marine Corps

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Films of Marine Corps Activities