After the smoke battle had cleared on Betio Island, Tarawa, this tiny kitten crept out from beneath a wrecked Japanese tank, to receive a drink from a U.S. Marine. This photo is dated November 1943.
Categories: Animals on Board
 
 
Physical photos in the U.S. Naval Institute photo archive are stored in the Mario Family Foundation Photo Archive Room located at the U.S. Naval Institute’s Headquarters in Annapolis, MD.

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