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Across the Reef:
The Marine Assault
of Tarawa

Marines in
World War II
Commemorative Series

By Colonel Joseph H. Alexander
U.S. Marine Corps (Ret)

LtGen Julian C. Smith Collection

“Quiet Lagoon” is a classic end-of-battle photograph of the considerable wreckage along Red Beach Two.