#tarawa

[sgtgrunt0331-3]

U.S. Marine and combat cameraman Norman Hatch, gives a drink of water to a kitten who was hiding under a destroyed Japanese tank, during the battle of Tarawa on November 23, 1943.

(Photo courtesy of USMC)

[carrionmagpie]

Odrade….. Odrade marry me.

[wouldyourathervisit]

Equator time! Would you rather visit Quito, The Galapagos Islands, Kampala, Pekanbaru, Singapore, Nairobi, Tarawa, or Belem

Would you rather visit

Quito, Ecuador 🇪🇨

The Galápagos Islands, Ecuador 🇪🇨

Kampala, Uganda 🇺🇬

Pekanbaru, Indonesia 🇮🇩

Singapore 🇸🇬

Nairobi, Kenya 🇰🇪

Tarawa, Kiribati 🇰🇮

Belém, Brazil 🇧🇷

Voting ended onMay 27

[ltwilliammowett]

This kitten, nicknamed Tarawa, served briefly as the mascot and Ship's cat on a US Coast Guard tank-landing ship during WW II

[victusinveritas]

U.S. Marines looking at a pin-up aboard a landing craft during the landing on Tarawa. November 1943.

[dailystreetsnapshots]

Tarawa, Kiribati

[carbone14]

Marines américains à l'assaut de positions japonaises sur l'île de Betio – Bataille de Tarawa – Campagne des îles Gilbert et Marshall – Guerre du Pacifique – Atoll de Tarawa – Iles Gilbert – 21 novembre 1943

[todaysdocument]

An international cat for International Cat Day! Tarawa was rescued from a shell-smashed Japanese pill box on the island of the same name during WWII and became one of two mascots on a U.S. Coast Guard Tank Landing Ship.

A tabby cat lies on her back with her back paws in the air and her front paws stretched out toward the viewer. Next to her is a white Coast Guard cap.