Documentary short film depicting the harrowing battle between the U.S.
Marines and the Japanese for control of the Pacific island of Tarawa in
1944. It required approval of President Franklin Roosevelt for release
for public viewing at theaters just a few months after the three-day
deadly battle at Tarawa occurred in 1944.
This U.S. Marine Corps'
film won an Academy Award for Short Documentary.
With the Marines at Tarawa
