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.
U.S. Navy Combat Art Collection
Artist Kerr Eby, who landed at Tarawa as a participant, entitled this sketch “Bullets and Barbed Wire.”
