1,696 marines and sailors lost their lives taking the island of Betio in the Tarawa Atoll, 1,006 marines 690 sailors of the USS Liscome Bay sunk November 23, 1943 by a Japanese sub.
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check a web site called tarawa on the web. It has a complete listing of all killed at tarawa 20-23 November 1943
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100 people died,
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