Sprawled bodies on beach of Tarawa Island, Gilbert
Sprawled bodies on beach of Tarawa Island, Gilbert Islands. In the U.S. invasion 990 U.S. Marines were killed, while 5000 Japanese defenders died, with only 17 surrendering. Nov. 19-23, 1943. (BSLOC_2013-12_189)
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11000865
Media ID
45254839
Size
3000px x 2425px
(1.4MB)
Credit
Everett Collection / Mary Evans
Source
Everett Collection
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