US Marines survey debris after WWII Battle of Tarawa on Betio Island in the South Pacific

Man in shelter in in beach trench, tank in distance, legs and waist of Marines on sand hill above trench / Marines on sandy hill above trench / Marines in shelters in beach trench, palm trees in bkgd / Marines walk near barbed wire fencing along beach, palm tree-lined beach / body in trench, Marines look at it as they walk by / barbed wire fence in foreground, Marines surveying damages, palm trees in bkgd / LS Marines march across beach, barbed wire and palm trees in foreground, Marines in trench and standing around in midground / VS group of Marines on beach look at map / VS camouflaged and sand-covered bunker, palm trees around / Marines walking across sand and picking through debris, larger group of Marines on beach, palm trees in between / Pan pile of ammunitions with palm trees on top / truck with tank on it in dugout, Marine stands nearby / six Marines look at torpedo on wheels / Marines look through debris, dugouts, Marines standing and sitting nearby, one Marine turns cranks on small device / Pan beach crowded with boxes, munitions, Marines, dugouts and palm trees over to Japanese headquarters and over to debris pile, palm trees and beach in distance / more panning beach debris and amphibious vehicles / munitions, tanks and amphibious vehicles, Marines standing around / debris in foreground, Marines walking, debris, palm trees and ocean in bkgd / Pan smoke filled air tank and palm trees, debris on beach, amphibious vehicle / Marines stand around behind piles of boxes and move some of them