The following photographs taken in 1993 at the 50th anniversary of the invasion, are curteousy of Scott Dilcher and should not be used without his permission.
This is a photo of the two 8 inch guns on Green Beach. The gun on the left
is in the water. The gun on the right is still intact. The bunkers must
have been hit either by a ship barrage or blown up by satchel charges by
the Marines. It would be interesting to know who did the demolition, the Navy or the Marines.
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Close up, 8 inch gun.
Two different Higgins boats resting on the reef. These shots were taken
with a 200mm zoom lens.
Bunkers on Red 1 or Red 2.
Blockhouse on Red 1 or Red 2.
Red Beach 2, just beyond the pier, looking toward Red 1.
One of the eight inch guns on the tip of Green Beach, part of it lays under
water.
Some LVT track on Red 1 or Red 2.
This gun is just off Red 2 past the pier.
This eight inch gun sits near the road between the islands toward the eastern
end of Betio.
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Created 9 December 2003
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