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PHOTOS: Tarawa past and present
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Shipwrecks on the Pacific atoll of Tarawa. Brisbane was killed in action during the Battle of Tarawa, November 20, 1943.
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Marine Corps Archives & Special Collections
During the Battle of Tarawa, 961 Americans were killed over three days.
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National Archives
Tarawa Cemetery where Howard Brisbane's family thought he was buried. Area of his grave marker circled in red.
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Wreckage of Japanese artillery from World War II.
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Location of Tarawa in the Pacific Ocean, 7,000 miles from Washington, D.C.
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Marine Corps Archives & Special Collections
American boats approach Tarawa.
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Marine Corps Archives & Special Collections
Victory after Battle of Tarawa.
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Marine Corps Archives & Special Collections
The Battle of Tarawa, November 20, 1943.
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Department of the Navy, Naval Photographic Center
A cemetery on the beaches of Tarawa, no longer in existence today.
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U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation
Red circle indicates where Brisbane was buried, an area Americans paved over by this March 1944 photograph. Yellow circles indicate marked burial plots.
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Wing of an American B-24 bomber at low tide.
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Shipwrecks on the Pacific atoll of Tarawa. Brisbane was killed in action during the Battle of Tarawa, November 20, 1943.
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