Graves of U.S. Marines who died taking Tarawa, before headstones were prepared. In the background are the first tents put up after occupation of the island.
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- c. 1943
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- U.S. National Archives (via Wikimedia Commons)
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- photograph
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- 2,700 × 2,700 pixels
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