With the Marines at Tarawa 75th Anniversary of WWII Battle

SATURDAY at 10pm SUNDAY at 4pm ET on CSPAN3 1944 Academy Awardwinning documentary filmed by U. S. Marine cameramen. In November of 1943, about 18, 000 Marines made an amphibious assault on the small Japaneseoccupied island of Tarawa in the central Pacific. More than 1000 were killed in one of the most difficult battles in U. S. Marine history. INFO: