Tarawa Beach Landing: Destroyed Japanese Planes; Aircraft Bombing Island 1944
United States Naval Photographic Center film #10887 description 1 LS Large explosions on island as planes drop bombs (SV. 2 LS Small bulldozer pushing up sand along water s edge; LST-482, background, bow on beach, LCVP, jungle camouflaged, alongside. 3 MLS Bulldozer off-loading from LST. 4 HA MLS Bulldozer pushing sand up ramp of LCT, which is loaded with heavy equipment. 5 CU Bulldozer underway past LST. 6 LS Equipment off-loaded from LCT. 7 LS Bombed-out concrete building. 8 MS Wrecked Japanese BETTY on airfield; two marines walking around. 9 MS Wing of fighter aircraft on airfield. 10 LS PAN Beachhead area; coconut tree stubs. 11 LS Fire burning amid coconut trees. 12 MCU PAN Marines in foxholes. 13 MS Marines on Tarawa. 14 MS Men lying in sand. 15 MLS Marines running across knoll. 16 LS Marines advancing across knoll. 17 MS Meatball on side of Japanese plane. 18 LS Fire burning amid coconut trees; marines carrying boxes. 19 LS PAN Troops off-loading from LCVP. 20 LS Black smoke rising from explosion; marines in background. 21 LS PAN Marines on beach. 22 CU USCG captain aboard ship looking through binoculars; several officers background (SV. 23 LS PAN Replenishing fleet. 24 LS Cargo ship moving slowly. 25 LS Harbor entrance. 26 LS LSTs and cargo ships. 27 LS LCT at anchor. 27 LS LCT at anchor. 28 MS Transport, LCVPs alongside. 29 HA LS LCVP underway, cargo ships at anchor, background. 30 LS Personnel transport at anchor, landing craft underway. 31 LA MLS Part of gun crew cleaning and working on 1.1 guns. 32 LS Puffs of smoke rising from island. 33 LS LCT, camouflaged in jungle paint, underway slowly. 34 LS Camouflaged LST underway (SV. 35 LS LST underway; beach, DE, background. 36 LS DE bombarding island; two LSTs underway toward DE. 37 CU United States Coast Guard officer on bridge of ship (SV. 38 LS Nevada Class battleship sending blinker message (SV. 39 HA LS 20mm and 1.1 gun crews manning guns aboard transport. 40 LS Bulldozers and men on beach; PAN, LST-482. 41 LS Man walking down pier. 42 HA LS Single engine Japanese plane under water, man standing on top of it. 43 LS LCVP pulling away from beach; native huts, background. 44 LS Boat director holding semaphore flags in his hands. 45 LS Troops on deck of LST; PAN, down side of transport to LCVP loaded with troops. 46 LS PBM coming in for landing; small islands, background. 47 HA MLS Marines going over side down into LCVP. 48 LS Ship on patrol; sunset. 49 LS LST; island, background. 50 LS Same as above. 51 LS Planes making strafing attack on island. 52 LS Boat moving away from island; planes bombing beach; smoke rising.
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