WWII - Color, Pacific, 1943: Bombardment of Tarawa, Gilbert Islands. 20Nov43

WWII - Color, Pacific, 1943: Bombardment of Tarawa, Gilbert Islands. 20Nov43 LS pan silhouetted Navy task force CVEs, BB etc. 11:00:38 MS US flag & signal flags hoisted on battleship. LS USS Tennessee (BB-43), USS Colorado (BB-45). LS Pan APs / Army Troop Transports, CVEs / aircraft carriers, BBs / battleships, etc., many ships of task force. (beginning of pan is jerky & rapid.). 11:02:45 LS DDs / destroyers firing, smoke columns on shore. 11;03:37 MS BB 16" turrets fire. LS Flak & smoke above island. MS Depth charge splash, DD, BBs, LS DDs, CLs fire. 11:07:02 MS Bullets strafe suspected sub. 11:07:13 LS CLs, DDs, & BBs, fire, pan task force. 11:08:42 2 LVTs. 11:08:57 Overexposed LS pan CLs, DDs, 11:11:01 MS 6" turret fires. LS CLs fire (over-exposed). 11:13:01 CU Adm. Hill. 11:13:06 Overhead shot, men load 5" ammunition into LCM- alongside battleship. 11:13:37 LS pan Task force. Shore, smoke columns. WW2 Pacific Naval Battles; NOTE: Good color & some useful; much the same but MUCH better quality on H1282-03.