27 items in this album on 2 pages.

Aerial view of Toyohara Airfield, Taichu (now Taichung), Taiwan, 22 Nov 1943American base at Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943; note sign American soldiers and supplies on the beach of Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943American tank disabled at Betio beach, Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands, 22 Nov 1943
Aerial view of Toyohara Airfield, Taichu (now Taichung), Taiwan, 22 Nov 1943American base at Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943; note sign 'The Lousy Lousy Lounge'American soldiers and supplies on the beach of Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943American tank disabled at Betio beach, Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands, 22 Nov 1943
Bow view of USS Gar off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 22 Nov 1943Broadside view of USS Gar off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 22 Nov 1943Chiang Kaishek, Franklin Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill at the Cairo Conference, Egypt, Nov 1943, photo 1 of 3Chiang Kaishek, Franklin Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill at the Cairo Conference, Egypt, Nov 1943, photo 2 of 3
Bow view of USS Gar off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 22 Nov 1943Broadside view of USS Gar off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 22 Nov 1943Chiang Kaishek, Franklin Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill at the Cairo Conference, Egypt, Nov 1943, photo 1 of 3Chiang Kaishek, Franklin Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill at the Cairo Conference, Egypt, Nov 1943, photo 2 of 3
Chiang Kaishek, Franklin Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill at the Cairo Conference, Egypt, Nov 1943, photo 3 of 3Howitzers firing in support of advancing Marines, Betio, Tarawa Atoll, 22 Nov 1943Injured US Marine being carried by fellow Marines, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943Japanese beach obstacles, Betio, Tarawa Atoll, 22 Nov 1943
Chiang Kaishek, Franklin Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill at the Cairo Conference, Egypt, Nov 1943, photo 3 of 3Howitzers firing in support of advancing Marines, Betio, Tarawa Atoll, 22 Nov 1943Injured US Marine being carried by fellow Marines, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943Japanese beach obstacles, Betio, Tarawa Atoll, 22 Nov 1943
Japanese POWs put to work as laborers for USMC, Betio, Tarawa Atoll, 22 Nov 1943Landing barges and LCT craft at Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943Major General Julian Smith, Colonel Meritt Edson, and Brigadier General Thomas Bourke, Betio, Tarawa Atoll, 22 Nov 1943Men of 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Division wading ashore at Green Beach, Betio, Tarawa Atoll, 22 Nov 1943
Japanese POWs put to work as laborers for USMC, Betio, Tarawa Atoll, 22 Nov 1943Landing barges and LCT craft at Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943Major General Julian Smith, Colonel Meritt Edson, and Brigadier General Thomas Bourke, Betio, Tarawa Atoll, 22 Nov 1943Men of 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Division wading ashore at Green Beach, Betio, Tarawa Atoll, 22 Nov 1943
Men of US 2nd Marine Division fighting on Tarawa, Gilbert islands, Nov 1943Stern view of USS Gar off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 22 Nov 1943TBF Avenger aircraft flew above Enterprise during Gilbert Islands campaign, 22 Nov 1943US Marines at Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, 20-23 Nov 1943. Note 2-man .30 cal machine gun team (gunner with the gun on his shoulder and loader two steps ahead with tripod).
Men of US 2nd Marine Division fighting on Tarawa, Gilbert islands, Nov 1943Stern view of USS Gar off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 22 Nov 1943TBF Avenger aircraft flew above Enterprise during Gilbert Islands campaign, 22 Nov 1943US Marines at Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, 20-23 Nov 1943. Note 2-man .30 cal machine gun team (gunner with the gun on his shoulder and loader two steps ahead with tripod).

27 items in this album on 2 pages.



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