This Marine’s furious fight on Tarawa helped to seal the battle’s fate
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After the U. S. Marine raid on Makin Island on Aug.
17-18, 1942, Japanese garrisons in the Gilbert and Marshall islands got to serious work reinforcing their commands.
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