The Shore at Tarawa (Nov. 6, 1943)

The Daily Muster · Nov 6, 2026 · 10m

Seventy-six hours on a coral island in the Pacific, and the hard lessons Marines carried to every beach after it.

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CHAPTERS

0:00 Intro

1:02 A Small Island, a Big Door

2:26 The Reef and the Tide

3:57 The Long Walk In

6:20 Seventy-Six Hours

8:09 The Price and the Lessons

9:09 Still Bringing Them Home

SOURCES

- Joseph H. Alexander, Across the Reef: The Marine Assault of Tarawa (Marines in World War II Commemorative Series, USMC History and Museums Division): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48836

- National Park Service: Tarawa…