American forces launch an across-the-beach infantry attack on the heavily fortified, Japanese-held atoll of Tarawa. Everything went wrong in America's first test of whether the Japanese-held islands of the Pacific, the key steppingstones to the doorstep of Japan, could be captured by across-the-beach infantry assaults. |
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Title: | The Heroes of Tarawa | |
Air Date: | March 17, 2014 | |
Runtime: | 60 min | |
Genres: | Action War | |
kong : 15 minutes in and I can tell you, must watch!