The story
TBF Avenger aircraft flew above Enterprise during Gilbert Islands campaign, 22 Nov 1943American tank disabled at Betio beach, Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands, 22 Nov 1943Japanese beach obstacles, Betio, Tarawa Atoll, 22 Nov 1943Major General Julian Smith, Colonel Meritt Edson, and Brigadier General Thomas Bourke, Betio, Tarawa Atoll, 22 Nov 1943
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You have arrived at just one small part of Back to Normandy — a personal project dedicated to preserving stories, images, music and memories of the Second World War.
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