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awp101
05-22-2011, 06:24 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY9NZYR2f94

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tarawa

FWIW I also recommend Utmost Savagery: The Three Days of Tarawa by Joseph H. Alexander and Tarawa: November 20-23, 1943: A Hell of a Way to Die by Derrick Wright.
El Duce
05-22-2011, 07:01 PM
That was some good viewing. Thank you.
TheMrMitch
05-23-2011, 12:28 AM
Yessir! Semper Fi and thank you!
l921428x
05-23-2011, 01:38 AM
Thank you, it is amazing what a man can do if pushed to the limit.
GRAPHIC but real.
mrkalashnikov
05-23-2011, 06:41 AM
I happen to be reading an account of Tarawa the other day in a military magazine.

There were some 5,000 Imperial Japanese soldiers defending Tarawa and it's sister island Betio. After the battle 4,700 of them were KIA. 17 or 18 captured, the rest MIA.
l921428x
05-24-2011, 12:54 AM
I happen to be reading an account of Tarawa the other day in a military magazine.

There were some 5,000 Imperial Japanese soldiers defending Tarawa and it's sister island Betio. After the battle 4,700 of them were KIA. 17 or 18 captured, the rest MIA.
Try reading Red Sun Rising by Toland. Those were a tough bunch of soldiers, but our men were better. God bless them.
mrkalashnikov
05-24-2011, 05:30 AM
Try reading Red Sun Rising by Toland. Those were a tough bunch of soldiers, but our men were better. God bless them.

I've heard good things about Toland's book before, I might put that on my "must read" summer list. Thanks for the reference.
MDE
05-24-2011, 03:21 PM
My dad fought on Tarawa.
It's easy to see why he never liked talking about it.

Mike
El Duce
05-24-2011, 09:36 PM
My dad fought on Tarawa.
It's easy to see why he never liked talking about it.

Mike

Respect for your Father.