In the summer of 1943, at the height of World War II, Battles were exploding all throughout the Pacific theater.
The battle itself carried on for three days, but Sherrod, a dedicated journalist, remained in Tarawa until the very end, and through his writing, shares every detail..
Marines in this lesser-known battle of World War II.
This story, a must for any hiStory buff, tells the ins and outs of life alongside the U.
S.
By the end of the battle, only seventeen Japanese soldiers were still alive.
Army 27th Infantry Division as nearly 35,000 troops take on less than 5,000 Japanese defenders in one of the most savage engagements of the war.
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Marines 2nd Marine Division in Tarawa.
Dive into war correspondent Robert Sherrod\'s battlefield account as he goes ashore with the assault troops of the U.
S.
They were fighting to wrest control of the island to stage the next big push toward Japan--and one journalist was there to chronicle the horror.
In mid-November of that year, the United States waged a bloody campaign on Betio Island in the Tarawa Atoll, the most heavily fortified Japanese territory in the entire Pacific.
In the summer of 1943, at the height of World War II, Battles were exploding all throughout the Pacific theater
