Fighting On Tarawa The Marines Land

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keywords: wwii, pacific theater, island of tarawa, us marines, combat, marine bugler, marine general julian c. smith

Synopsis: Unedited footage of US Marines as they conduct combat operations to secure the island of Tarawa and raising of the American Flag...(read more)

Date: 1943
Duration: 00:07:40
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Type: Public Domain
Language: English
Location: Tarawa

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Fighting On Tarawa - The Marines Land

Fighting On Tarawa - The Marines Land

Unedited footage of the Battle of Tarawa, code name Operation Galvanic, November 1943.

LVTs (Landing Vehicles Tracked) heading toward beach. LVT loaded with Marines, underway through rough water. Small craft coming alongside ship. Winch turning and cable coming off it. CU Hands of man operating winch; man sitting on control box. LVT hoisted out of hold of AP Troop ship. LVT being hoisted over side of ship. AP Troop ship with , LCMs and LCVPs in water; Marines and Navy personnel watching from ship in fg. Anti-tank gun being lowered into LCVP. Jeep hoisted from hold of AP. LS LCMs and LCVPs in water; APs at anchor in far bg. Lookouts on mainmast of AP ship, American flag flying.

Marines sitting in bomb crater on Tarawa island, smoke in bg. Marines firing machine gun into bodies of dead Japanese soldiers on ground. Marine firing machine gun between sandbags. Bodies of Japanese flying apart as machine gun bullets are fired into them. Bodies of dead Japanese soldiers. Marines marching along roadway. LS PAN Beach; small craft on beach; tide is out; palm trees. Japanese torpedoes on dollies on beach. American flag being raised; Marine holding flag and other Marines watching. Marine bugler sounding call as flag is being raised. Marine enlisted men and officer saluting as flag is raised. American flag hoisted up palm tree. Marines saluting flag as it is hoisted. Marine General Julian C Smith and staff saluting at flag-raising. Image of General Smith saluting.