With the Marines at Tarawa

With the Marines at Tarawa is a 1944 short documentary film directed by Louis Hayward. It used authentic footage taken at the Battle of Tarawa to tell the story of the American servicemen from the time they get the news that they are to participate in the invasion to the final taking of the island and raising of the Stars and Stripes. The Academy Film Archive preserved With the Marines at Tarawa in 2005. * The film. * Tarawa beach, where the graphic footage of American corpses was filmed.

With the Marines at Tarawa

With the Marines at Tarawa is a 1944 short documentary film directed by Louis Hayward. It used authentic footage taken at the Battle of Tarawa to tell the story of the American servicemen from the time they get the news that they are to participate in the invasion to the final taking of the island and raising of the Stars and Stripes. The Academy Film Archive preserved With the Marines at Tarawa in 2005. * The film. * Tarawa beach, where the graphic footage of American corpses was filmed.