As it Happened: Tarawa
44 mins
Tarawa was the most strongly defended island in the Pacific which the Japanese boasted that a million Americans couldn’t take the island in one hundred years. On Tarawa the Marines faced their sternest test yet.
Bill Ralston
Camera Operator
Rachel Naughton
Line Producer
Ashley Gething
Director
Steven Grevemberg
Sound
Barry Hecht
Camera Operator
David Smith
Researcher
Alex Leithead
Research Assistant
Paul Bell
Researcher
Ashley Gething
Writer
Chris Going
Cinematography
Finlay Bald
Editor
Owen Parker
Editor
Marilyn Freeman
Production Accountant
Úna Shinners
Assistant Production Manager
Taylor Downing
Producer
Marvin Schroeder
Coordinating Producer
Stuart Heaney
Researcher
Tim Ball
Production Director
Ed Niblett
Graphic Designer
Eddie Allas
Coordinating Producer
Brian Aabech
Executive Producer
Clare Moriarty
Production Coordinator
Steven Faux
Music