Checked content

File:Tarawa beach HD-SN-99-03001.JPEG

Summary

Description

View of the beach of Betio Island, Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands, after the U.S. invasion in November 1943. Tarawa was attacked from 20 to 23 November 1943, the U.S. Marine Corps sustained 990 Marines killed and a further 2,296 wounded. The Japanese lost 4,713 men. Note the men sitting on the disabled M4 Sherman tank.
Original description: "Sprawled bodies on beach of Tarawa, testifying to ferocity of the struggle for this stretch of sand. November 1943."
Date November 1943
Source U.S. Defense Visual Information Centre photo HD-SN-99-03001 ; U.S. National Archives file 080-G-57405
Author U.S. Navy

Licensing

Public domain This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person’s official duties under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code. See Copyright.

Note: This only applies to original works of the Federal Government and not to the work of any individual U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, county, municipality, or any other subdivision. This template also does not apply to postage stamp designs published by the United States Postal Service since 1978. (See 206.02(b) of Compendium II: Copyright Office Practices). It also does not apply to certain US coins; see The US Mint Terms of Use.
Great Seal of the United States (obverse).svg
This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.
The following pages on Schools Wikipedia link to this image (list may be incomplete):

Metadata

This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details may not fully reflect the modified file.
Image title Sprawled bodies on beach of Tarawa, testifying to ferocity of the struggle for this stretch of sand. November 1943. (Navy)

Exact Date Shot Unknown NARA FILE #: 080-G-57405

WAR & CONFLICT BOOK #: 1342
Author Unknown
Date and time of data generation 1 November 1943
IIM version 2
Writer M. Seaman
Headline WAR & CONFLICT BOOK ERA: KOREAN WAR/DEATH & DESTRUCTION
Special instructions RELEASED
Source Film
Short title HD-SN-99-03001
City shown BEACH OF TARAWA
Category O
Supplemental categories UNCLASS

A background to Schools Wikipedia

Wikipedia for Schools brings Wikipedia into the classroom. SOS Children is an international children's charity, providing a good home and loving family to thousands of children who have lost their parents. We also work with communities to help vulnerable families stay together and raise children in the best possible environment. We have helped children in Africa for many years - you can help too...