num_pages: 192
description: A very graphic account of the opening battle in the Central Pacific island hopping campaign . The U.S.Marines suffered 1000 dead in the three day battle to win control of this tiny strip of coral. The photographs of the aftermath bought home to the American public , the true face of the War in the Pacific.
language: English
title: Hell of a Way to Die: Tarawa Atoll, 20-23 November, 1943
titlecomplete: Hell of a Way to Die: Tarawa Atoll, 20-23 November, 1943
genres: World War II
ratings_count: 25
publisher: Not our Pub / Old Publisher