"Follow Me"
2nd Marine Division
United State Marine Corps

Battle of Tarawa
November 20, 1943
TO OUR FELLOW MARINES WHO GAVE THEIR ALL!
THE WORLD IS FREE BECAUSE OF YOU!
GOD REST YOUR SOULS

1,113 Killed                  2,290 Wounded

THE CENTRAL PACIFIC SPEARHEAD
TO WORLD VOCTORY IN WORLD WAR II
"SEMPER FIDELIS"