Across the Reef: The Marine Assault of Tarawa
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Chapters (72)
- Across the Reef: The Marine Assault of Tarawa
- Across the Reef: The Marine Assault of Tarawa
- Setting the Stage
- Assault Preparations
- The 2d Marine Division at Tarawa
- Major General Julian C. Smith, USMC
- The Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces
- D-Day at Betio, 20 November 1943
- LVT-2 and LVT(A)2 Amphibian Tractors
- ‘The Singapore Guns’
- Sherman Medium Tanks at Tarawa
- D+1 at Betio, 21 November 1943
- Colonel David M. Shoup, USMC
- The Third Day: D+2 at Betio, 22 November 1943
- Completing the Task: 23–28 November 1943
- Incident on D+3
- The Significance of Tarawa
- Tarawa Today
- Sources
- Errata
- About the Author
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