The original caption of this photograph reads: Marines aboard a Navy transport study a relief model of Tarawa atoll a few days previous to the famed 76-hour battle by the Second Marine Division for the former Jap stronghold. Many of these relief models were made by the Relief Mapping Section of the 2nd Division, so each Marine would be familiar with detailed terrain features for the Saipan operation.
Tarawa Planning Meeting
- 11/1943
Description
This primary source comes from the Records of the U.S. Marine Corps .
National Archives Identifier: 74252828
Full Citation: Photograph 127-GR-116-101807; World War II-Tarawa; 11/1943; Photographic Reference File, ca. 1940 – ca. 1958; Records of the U.S. Marine Corps , Record Group 127 ; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/tarawa-planning-meeting/, April 21, 2026]
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