1944 - Tarawa, Horrific & General Scenes re Battle of Tarawa

1944 - Tarawa, Horrific & General Scenes Marines resting; fires burning Japanese buildings. 04:14:18 View across water to fleet w/ boats & debris / bodies in water. Floating bodies (dark). 04:14:49 Fires; bodies on white sand beach & in water. Marine stalking chicken in pen. Marines talking on ammo boxes near water. Captured Japanese prisoners. Marines in DUKW ; halftrack towing artillery ashore. Pan shore, bodies in water. Bulldozers & trucks on sand clearing logs & Jap bunker. 04:19:15 Japanese POWs, torpedo towed past. Burned out / destroyed Jap tanks. GIs washing / drinking from captured water supply. 04:20:19 Man trying to start Japanese motorcycle - truck drives slowly. 04:20:48 Sandbag position ; bloated Japanese bodies; other bodies. 04:21:22 Marines unloading landing craft thru shallow water. Burning & smoking destroyed jungle trees. Pan across trees. Mcu dead body beside bunker. American flag from pole, saluting marines . Two older officers posing (both ca 40s, wearing glasses), talking in jungle fatigues, shaking hands. CU (dark). 04:23:49 Marines relaxing w/ ??. Bodies on ground. Wreckage. 04:24:13 View across water from low boat. WWII; WW2; Horrors of War; Pacific Battles; 1944; NOTE: Poor transfer but some scenes usable.