US Marines read a news bulletin posted to a palm tree on Tarawa, 1943-44

Personal or Official U.S. Signal Corps Photo, Gift of Jim Matney, from the Collection of The National WWII Museum
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US Marines reading the "Tarawa Times", a news bulletin which is posted to a palm tree. A sign reads: "Tarawa Times. Latest dope. Hot off the wires! Courtesy Signal Co[rps]." "'Latest Dope' on Tarawa." Tarawa, Gilbert Islands. 1943-44

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Photographs (personal and Signal Corps) from the collection of Navy Corpsman Glen Matney, who served in the PTO in WWII.
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Bulletin boards--Tarawa
Marines (Military personnel)--Tarawa