Red Beach Two, Tarawa Atoll, 20th November 1943 by David Pentland [Postcard]

US Marines of the 2nd Battalion, 2nd RCT, 2nd Marine Division, supported by LVTs and tanks, take part in the successful but bloody assault on Betio Island, part of the Tarawa Atoll. Operation Galvanic as it was known became the first step on the island road to Japan itself.

Postcard

Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm)