Makin
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Army invades Makin Island Gilbert Islands
Bombardment of Makin Island viewed from USS Baltimore
Captured Japanese 70mm Type 92 battalion gun - Makin Atoll
Captured Japanese 76,2 mm naval anti-aircraft gun Type 3 - Makin Atoll
Captured Type 92 Lewis machine gun on tripod, Makin Atoll 1943
First Wave of US assault troops and Hellcats at Makin
Landing Craft and LVT - Makin Atoll 1943
Litter bearing Jeep carries wounded from combat area on Makin
LVT and supplies, Makin Atoll beach
Medics carry wounded 165th Infantry soldier on Makin
Soldiers in Jeep and on bicycle on newly captured Makin
Soldiers view bodies of Japanese troops killed during the invasion of Makin
US officer of the 165th Infantry cuts up a piece of canned meat for hungry children that evacuated their village for the safety of Red Beach, Butaritari Island, Makin Atoll
US Troops inspect Japanese dummy gun on Makin Island
US Troops move thru ruins of Japanese warehouse on Makin
Battle of Makin, 20–23 November 1943.
Bibliography:
- The Capture of Makin (20-24 November 1943), Center of Military History United States Army
- Samuel Eliot Morison: History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. Vol. 7: Aleutians, Gilberts and Marshalls, June 1942 - April 1944
- Henry I Shaw Jr.. Bernard C. Nalty: Central Pacific Drive: History of U. S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II, Volume III
- Ian W. Toll: The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944
- Joseph H. Alexander USMC (Ret.) – Storm Landings: Epic Amphibious Battles in the Central Pacific
- Gordon L. Rottman – US Marine Corps Pacific Theater of Operations 1943-1944, Osprey Battle Orders 07
- R.V. Burgin, Bill Marvel: Islands of the Damned: A Marine at War in the Pacific