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* - The Assault of the Second Marine Division on Betio Island, Tarawa Atoll, 20-23 November, 1943* Timeline of the Battle* Eyewitnesstohistory.com - The Bloody Battle of Tarawa* Marines in World War II Historical Monograph: "The Battle for Tarawa"* U. S. Army at Tarawa