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Events on Tuesday 23 November 1943 1
1943Battle of TarawaUS Marines take Betio atoll at heavy costUS Marines landed on Betio in the Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands. Coral reefs stranded the landing craft, and the garrison fought almost to the last man. About 1,000 Americans and nearly all of some 4,700 defenders died in 76 hours of fighting.