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BBs, CAs, CLs & DDs, SHELL TARAWA ATOL, GILBERT IS Part 1
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1) LS Is. smoke from shelling. Explosives.2) MS 16" turrets fire. Is. smoke rises.3) MS CL & DDs, Is. smoke.4) SHM 16" turret fires. MS BB fires.5) LS Is. smoke rises. MS Bow CA.6)MS Dep. char. explosions. GV CA passes. BB &CL fire.7) LS Strafing water, explosions. BB, CL fire-SV.8) MS 2 amphib. tanks pass, APs & LCs BG.9) LS Explosions on island, CL FG.10) LS Pan APs LCs mill around. MS CL fires. Shore, BB silhouetted.11) LS DD, APs on horizon. SCU Gun's crew. 6 planes pass.12) CU Adm. Hill. LS BB. Smoke rises on Is.13) MS CA, large columns smoke BG. Explosions on Is.14) LS 16" guns flash. BB & CLs fire-SV.
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