Commanding Officers, Tarawa, November 1943
"Tarawa Conference-Leaders of the Marine Corps assault on Tarawa hold a conference during the battle, in front of the Marines bomb-proof command post there. They are Lieutenant Colonel Evans Carlson (seated, front); Colonel Merritt A. Edson (left, standing with hands on hips), and Lieutenant Colonel David M. Shoup (center, holding map case), who led the assault."
From the Julian C. Smith Collection (COLL/202), Marine Corps Archives & Special Collections
OFFICIAL USMC PHOTOGRAPH
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