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SPOTLIGHT ON MARINE HEROES #2
The 2nd Marine Division at Tarawa
20-23 November 1943 |
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By God, those Marines just kept coming. Many of them were killed, but more came on… How can men like that ever be defeated?
MajGen Holland M. Smith USMC |
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2. Medal of Honor awardees |
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Resources utilized for this project on Operation GALVANIC:
Across the Reef: The Marine Assault of Tarawa
by Col Joseph Alexander
Volume III: History of US Marine Corps Operations in World War II
History and Museums Division, Headquarters, Marine Corps website
Leatherneck Magazine July 1944 issue
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