Tarawa Atoll

Gilbert Islands · Kiribati

Tarawa Atoll, Kiribati
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The nation's capital atoll and site of a brutal 1943 amphibious battle. Rusting coastal guns and a bunkered shoreline sit alongside the crowded islets of the modern town.

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