Across the Reef: The Marine Assault of Tarawa
Setting the Stage
Assault Preparations
Sidebar: The 2d Marine Division at Tarawa
Sidebar: Major General Julian C. Smith, USMC
Sidebar: The Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces
D-Day at Betio, 20 November 1943
Sidebar: LVT-2 and LVT(A)2 Amphibian Tractors
Sidebar: ‘The Singapore Guns’
Sidebar: Sherman Medium Tanks at Tarawa
D+1 at Betio, 21 November 1943
Sidebar: Colonel David M. Shoup, USMC
The Third Day: D+2 at Betio, 22 November 1943
Completing the Task: 23-28 November 1943
Sidebar: Incident on D+3
The Significance of Tarawa
Sidebar: Tarawa Today
Sources
About the Author
About the Series
Transcriber’s Notes