US Marine attack and wounded on Japanese-held Betio Island in the WWII Battle of Tarawa in the South Pacific

CU US Marines crouched down on beach, amphibious tractors and palm trees in bkgd / QS Marines jumping off amphibious tractor into water near beach / CU Marines pull wounded Marine toward Marines crouched down on beach, all with rifles / three Marines carrying backpacks walk ducked down on beach toward camera / Marines put wounded Marines on stretchers on dinghy / MS Marines walk dinghy away from shore / MS amphibious tractor moves through shallow water, stationary amphibious tractor in foreground / CU Marine with rifle and grenades on chest sits on beach