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A Hell of a Way to Die: Tarawa Atoll, 20-23 November, 1943
A Hell of a Way to Die Tarawa Atoll 20-23 November 1943 Author:Derrick Wright A very graphic account of the opening battle in the Central Pacific island-hopping campaign . The U.S. Marines suffered 1000 dead in the three-day battle to win control of this tiny strip of coral. The photographs of the aftermath bought home to the American public , the true face of the War.