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| LCVP "Higgins Boat" - wooden construction, undetectable to magnetic mines. |
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| Pacific War Milestones, photos, maps - Tarawa 2 |
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| 225 hp engine, protected propeller. | Marines who did not make it further, 20 - 23 Nov. 1943, Betio Island, Tarawa-Atoll | |||||||||||
| Standard landing craft in all ventures. | Unknown reefs were the doom of many landing craft. | |||||||||||
| - All images - unless otherwise noted - US Armed Forces and National Archives via WW 2 Database, own remarks in red color - |