#OTD in 1943, the Battle of Tarawa began. This scene from the Academy Award winning documentary "With the Marines at Tarawa" of Marines firing on Japanese soldiers in the open is believed to be the only combat footage that captures American and Japanese individuals in the same frame. | U.S. Naval Institute

Norm Hatch was a Marine Corp Combat Cameraman and landed on Tarawa to document the attack on the island for the Marine Corp. The film footage that was captured by Norm Hatch would be used in the film With the Marines at Tarawa a 1944 short documentary film. The film won the 1944 Oscar for Best Documentary Short Subject. Norm Hatch filming the Bunker Attack is more than likely the first Medal of Honor action captured on film, 1st Lieutenant Bonnyman would be posthumously awarded the Medal of Hono

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In November, 1943, the USS Enterprise supports a two pronged attack in the Pacific at the WW2 Battle of Tarawa. | HISTORY

Filming The First Complete Battle at Tarawa #history #americanarmy #americanmilitary #veteran #ww2 #marines | American Veterans Center