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Across the Reef: The Marine Assault of Tarawa

Name: Across the Reef: The Marine Assault of Tarawa
Author: Joseph H. Alexander

Joseph H. Alexander

Read by Aaron Bennett · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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Across the Reef: The Marine Assault of Tarawa (2:28)
Setting the Stage (6:11)
Assault Preparations (12:16)
Sidebars: The 2d Marine Division at Tarawa; Major General Julian C. Smith, USMC; and The Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces (9:56)
D-Day at Betio, 20 November 1943 - Part 1 (26:37)
D-Day at Betio, 20 November 1943 - Part 2 (27:13)
Sidebars: LVT-2 and LVT(A)2 Amphibian Tractors; ‘The Singapore Guns’; and Sherman Medium Tanks at Tarawa (9:03)
D+1 at Betio, 21 November 1943 (23:11)
Sidebar: Colonel David M. Shoup, USMC (3:12)
The Third Day: D+2 at Betio, 22 November 1943 (25:20)
Completing the Task: 23–28 November 1943 (17:53)
Sidebar: Incident on D+3 (2:41)
The Significance of Tarawa and Sidebar: Tarawa Today (14:37)