Gigantic crater made by an explosion in an 8 inch gun magazine. texag57

Tarawa

Soldiers of the 1st Marine Division display Japanese flags captured during the Battle of Cape Gloucester. New Britain was defended by the Imperial Japanese Army's 17th Division, under Major General Iwao Matsuda; reinforced by 65th Independent Mixed Brigade and elements of the 51st Division, known as the Matsuda Force. The strain and fatigue of 23 days on the line at Cape Gloucester is clearly shown in the faces of these men of the 7th Marines, relieved after taking Hill 660.(rudeerude)

Soldiers of the 1st Marine Division

LVT disabled on Red 1 Beach, Betio, Tarawa Atoll, 21 Nov 1943