Battle Of Tarawa: Rare Color Pictures Of American Troops On Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands During WWII

#1 American soldiers manning gun nests protecting the island shore during WWII.

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#2 American sailors building furniture and a white picket fence on Tarawa during WWII.

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#3 Comical sign reading TARAWA NATIONAL PARK on Tarawa during WWII.

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#4 Group of servicemen (?) gathered in front of a photo processing lab on an island base during WWII.

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#5 American troops on Tarawa playing softball during WWII.

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#6 Group of local women being trained as nurses on Tarawa during WWII.

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#7 American servicemen and women relaxing on a boat ride along the shores of the Tarawa Atoll during WWII.

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#8 American servicemen relaxing in a quonset hut being used as a library on an island base during WWII.

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#9 Men preparing grave markers while another finishes an ornate sign to adorn a US Marine 2 Div. graveyard on Tarawa during WWII.

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#10 Small group of servicemen getting medals at an airstrip ceremony during WWII.

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#11 Guard on duty beneath a NO SMOKING sign on Tarawa during WWII.

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#12 Pair of servicewomen in front of an Army Air Corps. Air Transport Command plane.

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#13 American ground crew doing maintenance work on a bomber during WWII.

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#14 Natives carrying supplies into a quonset hut on Tarawa Island.

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#15 American servicemen waiting to get haircuts at a makeshift island barber shop during WWII.

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#16 American sailors working in an artificial harbor on Tarawa during WWII.

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#17 Two groups of American servicemen chatting on Tarawa during WWII.

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#18 Local native people playing a game during WWII.

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#19 American servicemen searching the shoreline near a rusted Alligator LVT on Tarawa during WWII.

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#20 Airstrip on Tarawa during WWII.

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#21 US sailor gazing at the sea from the Tarawa atoll during WWII.

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#22 Group of American soldiers tending to a graveyard on Tarawa during WWII.

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#23 Natives carrying boxes at an American island base during WWII.

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#24 American base on the Tarawa atoll during WWII.

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#25 Soldier using a makeshift shower on Tarawa during WWII.

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#26 Group of American soldiers peering from a reinforced bunker on Tarawa during WWII.

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#27 Native men ironing GI clothes on Tarawa during WWII.

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#28 New building under construction at an American airbase on Tarawa during WWII.

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#29 American servicemen building a breakwater on Tarawa during WWII.

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#30 US servicemen enjoying a drink in an Officer’s Club on Tarawa during WWII.

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#31 Trumpet playing Nvay seabee taking part in an impromptu concert for the troops stationed on the island during WWII.

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#32 Trio of American servicemen taking a break from gathering lumber during WWII. (note sign on truck naming it the TARAWA LUMBER CO.)

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#33 US sailor looking at sea shells he has collected while posted on Tarawa during WWII.

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#34 US Navy band playing small concert for servicemen and curious locals during WWII.

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#35 Young military cook on Tarawa during WWII.

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