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Grim humor on Tarawa.   (NARA)

 

On the fourth day of battle, Nov. 23, the 3rd Battalion 6th Marines successfully stormed the eastern end of the island. The pocket of strong resistance behind Red Beach 1 was also eliminated. Of the estimated 2,800 members of the Japanese Special Naval Landing Force on Betio, only 17 survived to surrender. Of the additional 2,000 Korean construction troops, 129 survived.

While the goal of clearing the remaining Japanese strongholds was being accomplished, Marine engineers and Navy Seabees (construction battalions) worked to repair Betios airstrip. At noon, a carrier-based plane landed there. Shortly after, Julian Smith declared the island secure.

 

Research for this fact sheet was provided by Alexander Molnar, U.S. Marine Corps/U.S. Army (Ret.).

Source: Marine Corps History



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