Marines Swarm an Enbankment, Tarawa, November 1943
"It was Tough But They Were Tougher-Marines swarm up an embankment on Tarawa in search of Japanese who either fell back or fought from reinforced pill boxes. Taking the island was described as a tough fight but the Leathernecks were tougher."
From the Julian C. Smith Collection (COLL/202), Marine Corps Archives & Special Collections
OFFICIAL USMC PHOTOGRAPH
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