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NH 95706 Betio Island, Tarawa Atoll

Betio Island, Tarawa Atoll
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Title: Betio Island, Tarawa Atoll
Caption: Aircraft revetments on the northern end of the airfield, looking WNW, 22 November 1943. Heavy shellfire and bombs have demolished the barracks directly behind and wrecked one of the revetments. Note LVTs and other debris from the U.S. assault two days before. Photographed from a USS CHENANGO (CVE-28) plane.
Description: Collection of Vice Admiral Dixwell Ketcham, USN (Ret).
Catalog #: NH 95706
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
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Original Date: Mon, Nov 22, 1943
After this Year: 1939
Before this Year: 1945
Original Medium: BW Photo
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