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127-GW-1238-70022: Operation Galvanic, November 1943

127-GW-1238-70022: Operation Galvanic, November 1943. A PBY “Catalina” takes off from Hawkins Field on Betio Island in the Gilbert Island Group after that island was captured by U.S. Marines. This runway was pitted an filled with debris from shelling and bombing but was in use by our airmen six days after the first assault waves hit the beach. Photographed by Sgt J.R. Orton, November 25, 1943. Official U.S. Marine Corps Photograph, now in the collection of the National Archives. (2018/02/21).
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Caption: Operation Galvanic, November 1943. A PBY “Catalina” takes off from Hawkins Field on Betio Island in the Gilbert Island Group after that island was captured by U.S. Marines. This runway was pitted an filled with debris from shelling and bombing but was in use by our airmen six days after the first assault waves hit the beach. Photographed by Sgt J.R. Orton, November 25, 1943. Official U.S. Marine Corps Photograph, now in the collection of the National Archives. (2018/02/21).
Accession #: 127-GW-1238-70022
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