War damaged M4 Sherman tank on Tarawa, 1943
Personal or Official U.S. Signal Corps Photo, Gift of Jim Matney, from the Collection of The National WWII Museum
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American M4 Sherman tank (probably a M4A4), that has been damaged in battle, in a pit with barrels. "American tank put out in Tarawa fighting." Tarawa, Gilbert Islands. 1943
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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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Tanks (Military science)--American--Tarawa
War damage--Tarawa
Barrels--Tarawa