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Declaration by Japanese shown me by local nun
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Bronze Plaque
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Map of Tarawa showing Betio, where battle was
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Japanese bones
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Unexploded American naval shell
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Larry wading the lagoon with native guide
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Remains of Japanese Zero fighter plane in lagoon
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Remains of Japanese aircraft engine
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Japanese Munitions Bunker
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Japanese troop bunker
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Remains of American landing craft
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American landing craft
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Japanese beach remnant
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Japanese beach bunker
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Japanese admiral's bunker
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Japanese antiaircraft gun
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Japanese aircraft remains
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Japanese aircraft engines
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Remains of Japanese runway roller
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Japanese aircraft propeller
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Unexploded American 500 pound bomb
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American helmet
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Rusty Japanese Nambu pistol
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Assorted Japanese shell casings
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US Navy bronze plaque
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Tarawa plaque (Tarawa now called Kiribati)
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Remains of American Sherman tank
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Remembrance plaque
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Betio police station sign
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