Sea Stories

The section features original and submitted articles on various aspects of the invasion. Please send yours!

• Bonnyman's Hill
• Combat Cameramen
• Death of Two LVTs
• Funny Money
• First US Aircraft on Betio
• Going Home: One Flag's Long Journey
by Les Groshong, 3/HQ/8.
• Dummy Run: New Caledonia To New Zealand And Return
Col. Ed Bale
• "A Japanese Perspective" by Stan Jersey
• "The Medical Corps was on the Job"
• "MORE AMMMO!" Pack howitzer ammo in a Sherman?
• The Pocket
• Scuttled Ship on the Reef
• "Tar-ra-wah-boomdeay" newspaper report from 24 march 1944 on plaque given to USS Tarawa
• 3rd Special Base Force H.Q.
• Unidentified Vehicle on Green Beach
• Two Valley Marines Fight In Heroic Unit On Tarawa.
by Sergeant Pete Zurlinden.
• What Happened to C Company, 1st Tank Battalion?
• World War II Veterans from Ponchatoula
• "A Man Came Home 31 Years Later"
• "Marines Hit Tarawa One Year Ago Today"
by Combat Correspondent John B. Garrett.
• "U.S. Tank, Disabled On Tarawa, Helps To Knock Out 7 Pillboxes" by William Hipple NEW

   

  

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