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| With the Marines at Tarawa |
U.S. Marine Corps Photographic Unit, 1944
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Acquisition Number: 2004.20.169
Medium: Movie Poster
Status: Copyrighted Image
In 1945, the Marine Corps received an Academy Award for this documentary, filmed by WWII Marine Corps cinematographers attached to the 2d Battalion, 8th Marines, 2d Marine Division. The film, which depicts the first waves of the attack on Tarawa in November 1943, was selected as Best Short Documentary. The Oscar is exhibited in the Museum’s WWII gallery.
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