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NH 95707 Betio Island, Tarawa Atoll

Betio Island, Tarawa Atoll
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Title: Betio Island, Tarawa Atoll
Caption: Taxi runway into the main airfield, after the Island's capture by U.S. Marines. The taxiway was lined with camouflaged huts and barracks. Note marines on the field, near some structures and in the trenches. Some of the wreckage is still afire. Photographed from a USS CHENANGO (CVE-28) plane.
Description: Collection of Vice Admiral Dixwell Ketcham, USN (Ret).
Catalog #: NH 95707
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
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After this Year: 1939
Before this Year: 1945
Original Medium: BW Photo
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