D-Day On Tarawa
![Marines wadding through the surf to the beach Marines wadding through the surf to the beach](/content/history/nhhc/our-collections/art/exhibits/conflicts-and-operations/wwii/marines-in-action/d-day-on-tarawa/_jcr_content/mediaitem/image.img.jpg/1484336287219.jpg)
Wading through a leaden surf under an overcast sky, wave on wave of U.S. Marines doggedly brave a deadly sheet of fire to secure a beachhead on Tarawa in the Gilberts on November 20 1943. Overhead, Navy dive bombers scream down through a blanket of black smoke to blast at the Japanese, entrenched in nearly invulnerable pillboxes.
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Wars & Conflicts
- World War II 1939-1945
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