 Marine Corp casualties on the Tarawa beach, November 1943

Tarawa beach

Red Beach, Bieto, Tarawa. 2nd day of battle. Extreme detail at 7 MB. Image is looking east about 11 am. The man in the middle without helmet is Cpl Robert E Voorhees. Carrying supplies to Lt Bonney, CMH per his request of Voorhees. Voorhees just picked up ammo, water and a smoke grenade from dead Marines on the beach. He did not look at their faces. It was documented in his book.

Red Beach, Bieto, Tarawa. 2nd day of battle.

USS Block Island CVE 106 TBM-3 - 5 June 1945
USS Block Island (CVE 106), Marine Second Lieutenant Carlton Compher prepares to dismount from his TBM-3 Bomber, after landing on board, 5 June 1945, during operations off Okinawa. Original caption states that he helped demolish Shuri Castle on Okinawa.

U.S. Marine Corps photograph, USMC 126787 (Color).
