For action performed from 20-24 November 1943, on the island Tarawa, Gilbert Islands.
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Sources
- Hammel, E. & Lane, J.E., Bloody Tarawa – The 2nd Marine Division, November 20-23, 1943, Zenith Press, St. Paul, USA, 2006
- Johnston, R.W., Follow Me! – The Story of the Second Marine Division in WWII, The Battery Press, Nashville, USA, 1987
- Tarawa on the web.org