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Codename: Operation Galvanic<ref>http://www.usstarawavets.org/Operation%20Galvanic.htm</ref>

Codename: Operation Galvanic<ref>http://www.usstarawavets.org/Operation%20Galvanic.htm</ref>

== Battle Timeline<ref>http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/WW2Timeline/CRAIGE/tarawa.html</ref> ==

 

 

== Battle Timeline ==

 

<ref>http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/WW2Timeline/CRAIGE/tarawa.html</ref>

'''November 20th 1943 D-Day'''<br />  

'''November 20th 1943 D-Day'''<br />  

United States: 990 dead and 2,391 wounded<ref>http://www.answers.com/topic/battle-of-tarawa</ref><br />

United States: 990 dead and 2,391 wounded<ref>http://www.answers.com/topic/battle-of-tarawa</ref><br />

Japan: Of the 4,700 defenders, only 17 survived<ref>http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/tarawa.htm</ref>

Japan: Of the 4,700 defenders, only 17 survived<ref>http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/tarawa.htm</ref>

== References ==

== References ==