Betio island, part of Tarawa, in the kiribati chain of islands, was one of the most fought over pieces of the Pacific in World War 2.
Beached in shallow water just close to the shore lies a small US Army tank, still where it became stuck in soft sand on the morning of November 20th 1943. Some 4500 Japanese and 1500 US Marines and Soldiers died in two days,over an island smaller than a city block. The relics still litter the shores.
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