The duration of With the Marines at Tarawa is 1080.0 seconds.
With the Marines at Tarawa was created on 1944-03-02.
1,696 marines and sailors lost their lives taking the island of Betio in the Tarawa Atoll, 1,006 marines 690 sailors of the USS Liscome Bay sunk November 23, 1943 by a Japanese sub.
the marines lost about 2600 and the navy lost about 500
With the Marines at Tarawa - 1944 was released on: USA: 2 March 1944 Belgium: February 1945 Czech Republic: 4 April 2005 (Febio Film Festival)
The cast of With the Marines at Tarawa - 1944 includes: John Borich as Himself - USMC, with Niehoff, shoots flame at shelter top William Lundigan as Narrator Harry Niehoff as Himself - USMC, with Borich, lobs bomb on shelter top
There where many.. For Example D-Day, Peleliu, Tarawa, Iwo Jima etc.
With the Marines at Tarawa won the Oscar for Documentary - Short Subject - in 1944.
241 died : 220 Marines , 18 Navy and three Army .
The high casualties are said to be a result of poor planning on the part of the higher command who knew little of the tides around Tarawa , Marines were forced to wade to shore through coral that was razor sharp and an unusually low tide with constant machine-gun fire from the Japanese who were in entrenched fortified positions , sniper fire , the heavy equipment loads caused the drowning of many Marines who happened upon underwater shell holes and deeper water . There were not enough Amtracks (Amphibious tractors) to deliver the Marines to the beach because of a Neap tide forcing most Marines to transfer from LCVPs (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel [Higgins boats] ) to the Amtracks which broke up the assault waves . ~ Look to the related link below for more information regarding this battle for the Pacific island of Tarawa .
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