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Tarawa Talk / TARAWA UPDATE: NOVEMBER 20, 2022 thru NOVEMBER 20, 2023
« Last post by ChiefRickStone on November 26, 2023, 08:08:46 pm »
                     Source:  DPAA Website

TOTAL NUMBER OF WORLD WAR II IDENTIFICATIONS
                            47

TOTAL NUMBER OF TARAWA IDENTIFICATIONS
                             1

TOTAL AMOUNT OF GOVERNMENT FUNDING
                            $150,000,000 to $185,000,000
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FOUNDATION UPDATE:  NOVEMBER 20, 2022 thru NOVEMBER 20, 2023

                Source:  The Chief Rick Stone and Family Charitable Foundation
                                  www.ChiefRickStone.com

TOTAL NUMBER OF TARAWA MIAs REMAINING
                            368


TOTAL NUMBER OF MIA INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS PROVIDED TO FAMILIES
                           105

TOTAL AMOUNT OF GOVERNMENT FUNDING
                           $0
 
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Tarawa Talk / Re: Tanks On Tarawa
« Last post by aaguerre on October 12, 2023, 12:18:23 am »
Hi KIm,
I saw this site and like the aerials taken.
Thanks
Al
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Tarawa Talk / Re: Tanks On Tarawa
« Last post by Kim Harrison on October 09, 2023, 11:21:00 pm »
There seems to be a HUGE collection from the indy. Tarawa, Saipan, Marshalls etc. Must of been a honest mistake, nothing in collection seems to be in order.
Photos are watermarked by the Navy.
Nice shot of the pier ive never seen before, sorry just took photo of the screen. Sorry.
Warm Regards All
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Tarawa Talk / Re: Tanks On Tarawa
« Last post by Kim Harrison on October 09, 2023, 10:54:02 pm »
Hi Jon

U.S Navy Institute
usni.org
USS Indianapolis Alfred Sedivi Collection
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Tarawa Talk / Re: Tanks On Tarawa
« Last post by jstevens on October 09, 2023, 11:00:20 am »
Kim,

What was the site?

Jon
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Tarawa Talk / Re: Tanks On Tarawa
« Last post by gunnygp on October 07, 2023, 01:52:13 pm »
They are not Marine Corps vehicles so I seriously doubt that they were on Tarawa.
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Tarawa Talk / Tanks On Tarawa
« Last post by Kim Harrison on October 06, 2023, 12:24:36 am »
Hi Everybody
Stumbled across these photos on a site, claiming these Tanks to be on Tarawa.
One with a Skull on top, and White Stars. The other one seems to fit better.
Ideas?, Thoughts.
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Tarawa Talk / Re: Pronunciation of 'Tarawa'
« Last post by MikeVE on October 02, 2023, 09:27:55 pm »
I pronounce it the same way my dad did which was "Tar-uh-wuh."  Of course, we are country boys from southeast Texas so have the southern drawl to deal with lol.

I like the way the folks that live on Tawara pronounce it which is "Tadda-wah."  There was one of the Kiribati girls that was around us a lot on both trips and I would ask her to say it because I liked how it sounded. 

As I recall, the Gilbertese language has only 20 letters and they are big on k, n, g, a, i, t, and u.
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Tarawa Talk / Re: Pronunciation of 'Tarawa'
« Last post by TRGodwin on September 26, 2023, 07:58:46 pm »
Yep... same as my dad. I have heard people use Tear-uh-wa but not a lot. I, for whatever reason, have always said "TAR-ah-wa" ?? :)
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Tarawa Talk / Re: Pronunciation of 'Tarawa'
« Last post by jstevens on September 25, 2023, 04:20:28 pm »
Interesting.  Always heard Ta-Rah-wa from my dad.  As in "Ta-Rah-wa boom-de-ay" sung to a popular song.  Never hear "Tear-uh-wa" once.

Jon
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