"1943-11-23" . "Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign" . "Gilbert Islands (Tarawa) operation" . "Invasion of Tarawa Atoll" . . "assault on Tarawa" . . "Tarawa Battle" . . . "landing on Tarawa" . . . . . "2 light cruisers" . . . . . . "Gilbert Islands operations" . . "5 escort carriers" . "2 minesweepers" . . "Tarawa campaigns" . . . . "Battle for Tarawa" . "landings on Betio Island" . "of Tarawa" . . . . "Galvanic" . . . "Battle of Tarawa opposing forces" . . . . . . . . . "main landing" . . . . . "18,000 marines" . "Gilbert Islands" . . . "35,000 troops" . "battle of Tarawa" . "Tarawa landing" . "landed on Red Beach 2" . . . . . . . . "Battles of Tarawa" . . . "amphibious assault on Tarawa" . . "40 artillery pieces" . . . . "3 old battleships" . . "fighting on Betio Island, Tarawa Atoll" . "Tarawa." . . "Tarawa Island raid" . "bloody Tarawa" . "2,200 construction laborers" . . "seizure" . . "Invasion of Tarawa & Makin, Gilbert Islands" . "American victory" . . "Tarawa Atoll" . . . "landing at Tarawa" . . . "Gilbert Islands/Tarawa invasion" . . "Central Pacific Campaign" . . . . . . . . "allied landings on Tarawa" . "2,636 troops" . . "14 tanks" . "18 transports & landing ships" . . "Gilbert Islands operation" . . . "Tarawa campaign" . . "invasion of Tarawa" . "landings at Tarawa" . "Operation Galvanic" . . "the landings" . . . . . . . "Battle of Tarawa" . . . "battle" . . . "Battle of Tarawa" . . "assaulted" . . . . . . . "Tarawa in World War II" . . . . . "wrested from the Japanese" . . "larger U.S. effort to seize the Gilbert Islands" . . . . . . "Betio" . . . . "land on Tarawa" . . "14 naval guns" . . . . "conquest of Tarawa" . . . "Tarawa landings" . "at Tarawa" . . . "U.S. Marine Corps:" . . . . "landing and the subsequent battle at Tarawa Atoll" . . . . . "on Tarawa" . . . "capture of Tarawa" . . "Amphibious Assault on Tarawa Atoll" . . "Tarawa" . . . . . "2 heavy cruisers" . "seizure and occupation" . . "Tarawa assault" . . . . . "22 destroyers" . "Operation GALVANIC" .