Title

Marines Fight At Tarawa

Caption

Gilbert Islands, Pacific Ocean: November, 1943
A U. S. Marine throws a hand grenade at a Japanese pillbox during the battle for the Japanese held island of Tarawa.

Date

Nov 1943

Credit line

Photo12/Underwood Archives/UIG

Reference

UMG20A16_195

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

58,9Mb (1,2Mb) / 17,0in x 13,5in / 5100 x 4040 (300dpi)

Keywords

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