| Description: | Little suspecting of the hell that awaits them, U.S. Marines wait aboard a Coast Guard manned combat transport at Tarawa for the invasion barges that will take them ashore. Beyond the rail Coast Guard coxswains can be seen maneuvering loaded barges. On the horizon other vessels are faintly visible. (National Archives, U.S. Coast Guard FCG21091). |
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Tarawa
