Tarawa

In one early battle in the Pacific, on the island of Tarawa, Marines trying to land hit an unseen reef hundreds of yards from shore.

And it was not the only such affair in which he had been concerned—not on Tarawa alone, but on the neighbouring lagoon of Maiana.

A year ago, our conquest of Tarawa was a little more than a month old.

The fact of the Tarawa having been built in America accounted for the crew, boy Jim and all, being such good guessers.

A trader on Tarawa, heated by an eager rivalry, brought many cases of gin.

He had not the faintest apprehensions about the Tarawa matter.