MARINES LAND, TAKE TARAWA IS Part 1

Description

1) SCU Church services on AP, Chaplain-7V.2) LS From LC, Smoke col. rises on Is.3) MS LCs approach, pass, BB firing.4) LS Form. planes pass, over. DD underway.5) CU Camouf. Marine & N.G., in LC.6) LS LCs underway. CU Camouf. Marines-hazy.7) LS DD firing, many LCs FG.8) GV Pan LCs approach, LS Smoke col. on Is., LCs FG.9) LS Planes bomb Is., smoke rises.10) LS DD, MS Pan LCMs. Marines run forward.11) S Long row Japanese bodies in trench. Wreckage.12) CU 2 Japanese dead in dugout-2V.13) MS Carouf. Marines with duck.14) GV Bulldozer digs Japanese from dugout--Good.15) MS Marines throw grensdes in Japanese dugout.16) MS lst Aviator to land on ls. F6F strip.17) GV CB truck tows roller on strip pairs.

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities