WWII - 1943, Pacific: Tarawa - Marines’ Toughest Battle

WWII - 1943, Pacific Invasion Fighting Intertitle: Tarawa - Marines’ Toughest Battle! 03:44:37 Low angle of men running across sand, others in fox holes seen thru destroyed palm trees. Firing & fierce ground battle amid debris & torn palm trees; marine helmet shot off. Shot from various points. MCU Flamethrowers, machine guns, riflemen. CUs. 03:45:44 Wounded carried on stretcher & treated. Desolate beach w/ dead bodies & destruction. 03:46:04 Reinforcements arrive in Coast Guard landing crafts, POV on board. Dive bomber attacks Japanese position. Flame thrower fires & hand grenades. Riflemen; blockhouse burning. 03:47:12 Troops crawling across sand towards Japanese pillbox & throwing grenade - explosion. Almost naked Japanese prisoner at gunpoint. Dead Japanese. 03:47:57 MCU Admiral Harry Hill & General Smith. Smiling Lt. Col Arnold Johnson congratulates men passing. 03:48:20 Flag raised, men salute. WW2; Gory; Gruesome; Horrors of War; Destruction; NOTE: Filmed by Norman Hatch