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Ships at Sea, Plane Crash, Japanese Prisoners, Beach Activity Part 1
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OK INDEX NO. 0918 PRODUCED BY LOCATION DATE 2D AT SEA, TARAWA Nov. Dec. 1943 NEGATIVE POSITIVE DUPL. NEG. MASTER 16MM 35MM LENGTH 10 9 Col. 350 ft. SUBJECT: SHIPS AT SEA, PLANE CRASH, JAP CROSS REFERENCE PRISONERS, BEACH ACTIVITY LOCATION-Tarawa MCU Marine lighting cigarete, standing in LOCATION-At Sea front of some kine of construction FACES-USMC equipment. TERRAIN-Beach CU Face of same as he lights cigarete. FORTIFICATIONS-Bunker MLS-PAN Beach terrain, many stumps of Palm GUNS-8" Jap trees, about three feet high, sticking out DAMAGE, TO-Guns from all around, Palm trees in far BG, tent DEAD-Japanese on side. SMOKE COLUMNS-Land MS Three Marines standing in front of large PRISONERS-Japanese Japanese bunker. INTERROGATION MS Marine walking around in front of large LANDING CRAFT-LCP Japanese coastal defense gun, approxi- CAMOUFLAGE-Personnel mately eight inches. EXPLOSIONS-Shell MS Marine examining wrecked Japanese coastal BARRIERS-Personnel aporoximately eight inches. PLANES-GEN-Bombing, HQ NO. 2D-16-6 REEL 13of 17 INDEX NO. 918
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