Recovering remains of marines from one square mile of. The marines actually took it in three days, but it cost them 1200 soldiers. When the marines landed, the japanese poured out of their underground. One of the greatest factors to arise out of the tarawa campaign, was that it helped convince the american public that they had a long, and bloody road ahead of them before victory would be achieved over the japanese. One square hell is a meditation on the guys who fought in the battle. Tarawa would be the first time in world war 2 that the united states marine corps would face significant opposition from the japanese to an amphibious landing.
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