| Description: | U.S. Coast Guardsmen at Tarawa pass the protruding hulk of an American tank lighter, wrecked by direct hit from a heavy shore gun, as they bring supplies to our beachhead. The men were under fire when this picture was taken by a photographer attached to a Coast Guard combat transport operating as a unit of a Navy task force. (National Archives, U.S. Coast Guard 26-G-3018). |
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Tarawa
