DATE ADDED	TITLE	DESCRIPTION OF CONTENT
16 AUG 2020	PhM1c PAUL E. SCHAFF'S PAGE ADDED	NEW PAGE ADDED PM1c SCHAFF (DR. SCHAFF M.D.) PROVIDES DETAILED EYE WITNESS ACCOUNT OF LVT EVENTS OFF GREEN BEACH
16 AUG 2020	2ND LT NORMAN E. WARD'S PAGE ADDED	NEW PAGE ADDED 2ND LT NORMAN E. WARD PROVIDES DETAILED FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT OF RECOVERING FOUR BODIES NEAR LVT(1) ON GREEN BEACH
10 AUG 2020	GREEN BEACH MYSTERY - ADDED TO MAIN PAGE	MAJOR UPDATE - REWRITE OF HOW LVT-1 AND LVT-2 STRUCK MINES ADDITIONAL FACTS AND CONCLUSIONS GIVEN
10 AUG 2020	PFC CLARENCE B. BELTER'S PAGE ADDED	NEW PAGE ADDED PFC BELTER IS IDENTIFIED AS POSSIBLY KIA ON THE LVT-2 WHEN IT STRUCK A MINE ON GREEN BEACH
10 AUG 2020	PVT ANGELO M. VELLUCCI'S PAGE ADDED	NEW PAGE ADDED PVT VELLUCCI IS IDENTIFIED AS POSSIBLY KIA ON THE LVT-2 WHEN IT STRUCK A MINE ON GREEN BEACH
23 JUL 2020	CHAPLAIN'S JOURNAL INFO UPDATED	MAJOR UPDATE - GUADALCANAL INFO ADDED TARAWA AND GUADALCANAL CASUALTIES MADE SEARCHABLE
04 APR 2020	LINKS PAGE UPDATED	LINK UPDATED TARAWA THE AFTERMATH LINK UPDATED TO CURRENT VERSION
26 AUG 2019	SGT SMILEY'S PAGE ADDED	NEW PAGE ADDED GIVES SGT SMILEY'S ACCOUNT OF HOW PhM3c HOATSON WAS RESCUED AND HOW SMILEY WAS WOUNDED AND ALMOST LOST HIS LIFE
26 AUG 2019	AERIAL PHOTO SHOWINGLOCATION OF SGT SMILEY'S LVT-1	NEW AERIAL PHOTO ADDED SHOWS LOCATION OF SGT SMILEY'S LVT-1 WHEN IT WAS ATTACKED BY BOMBER
18 NOV 2018	AERIAL PHOTO SHOWING ALL OF GREEN BEACH	EXCELLENT NEW AERIAL PHOTO ADDED SHOWS BOTH LVT WRECKS OFF THE SOUTHERN END OF GREEN BEACH
27 MAY 2017	"LINKS" PAGE UPDATED WITH DNA INFO	NEW LINK ADDED HOW TO ORDER A DNA KIT FOR COMPARISON TO RECOVERED TARAWA REMAINS
23 MAY 2017	"LINKS" PAGE UPDATED	OLD LINKS REMOVED BROKEN LINKS REPAIRED
03 OCT 2016	MARINE IDENTIFIED IN HQ 1st Bn 6th MARINES OFFICERS PHOTO	#13 IDENTIFIED AS Sgt STUART R. DRENNING -- BY INFO FROM HIS FAMILY - THEY HAVE SAME PHOTO.
26 MAY 2014	NEW 1944 AERIAL PHOTO OF SOUTHWEST BETIO ISLAND	POSITION OF LVT-1 IS REVISED MR. HAMILTON'S OBSEVATIONS ARE BETTER UNDERSTOOD.
23 JAN 2014	LT. GEORGE AZUD - IDENTIFIED AS #7 IN OFFICERS GROUP	POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION MADE FROM PHOTO SUPPLIED BY MR. TERRY WRAY http://wraymilitaria.net
02 DEC 2013	WILBUR M. BURGESS USMC - ADDED TO CASUALITY PAGE	VERIFIED WIA INFO RECEIVED FROM MR. NICK BARBA ON 02 DEC 2013 (GSW to CHEST - 20 NOV 1943)
28 OCT 2013	MARINE IDENTIFIED IN HQ 1st Bn 6th MARINES PHOTO	#74 IDENTIFIED AS PFC CHARLES McLELLAN LOPEZ -- BY INFO AND PHOTOS FROM HIS FAMILY
03 OCT 2013	ADDED PHOTO & INFO TO PhM1c COBURN PAGE	NEW PHOTO, CLIPPING & TELEGRAM ADDED ON PAGE TWO OF HENRY C. COBURN PAGE
24 OCT 2012	CHIEF RICK STONE FOUNDATION ADDED TO LINKS	NEW LINK FREE X-FILE COMPARISON FOR FAMILIES OF TARAWA'S MIA & UNRECOVERED DEAD
04 AUG 2012	NAMES ADDED TO HQ CO - 1s tBn 6th MARINES	PHOTO AT BOTTOM OF PAGE LtCOL RUSSELL LLOYD, CPL EDWARD W. NEWTON & OTHERS
04 AUG 2012	ADDED INFO TO HOATSON SURVIVAL STORY	HOATSON'S FRIEND NAMED PhM1c WALTER JOSEPH JOCHUM - SHIP WAS THE USS DOYEN
30 JUL 2012	PHOTO OF FIVE CORPSMEN IN NZ	CONFIRMED MEN'S NAMES DISCOVERED PHOTO TAKEN AT CAMP BALCOMBE AUSTRALIA
17 JUL 2012	CLIFFORD W. BURTON PAGE - UPDATED	CORRECTED SPELLING OF NAMES ADDED PHOTO OF DORIS E. BANKHEAD ON SAIPAN 1944
29 JUN 2012	PHOTO OF FIVE CORPSMEN IN NZ	ADDED THEIR FULL NAMES REDESIGNED SECOND PAGE TO SHOW MUSTER ROLL
31 AUG 2011	NAVAJO CODE TALKER PAGE	ADDED 382nd PLATOON NAMES REDESIGNED PAGE
13 JULY 2011	SITE BANNER - DESIGN AND COLOR CHANGED	MARINES & CORPSMEN BANNER CHANGED NEW DESIGN NEAR TOP OF MAIN PAGE
11 JULY 2011	ADDED PAGE - CORP. CLIFFORD W. BURTON	PHOTOS AND INFORMATION NEW ZEALAND AND GUADALCANAL
08 JULY 2011	RE-DESIGNED PAGE - NAVAJO CODE TALKER	ADDED PHOTO AND INFORMATION CORRECTED FACTUAL ERRORS
07 JULY 2011	NEW PHOTOS - SGT PAGE WARREN'S PAGE	ADDED PHOTOS AND INFORMATION FAMILY PHOTOS AND NEWSPAPER CLIPPING
07 JULY 2011	NEW PHOTO - KENNETH'S PARENTS	UPDATED COMMENTS - ADDED PHOTO OF KEN'S PARENTS JOHN AND CARRA HILDEBRAND
06 JULY 2011	NEW PAGE - NAVAJO CODE TALKER	LINK FROM PFC PETE'S NAME IN HQ 1/6 PAGE INFO ON PFC PETE & NAVAJO CODE TALKERS
04 JULY 2011	NEW PHOTOS - 1ST BN 6TH MARINES	1ST BN 6TH MARINES TAKEN IN NZ PHOTOS OF HQ COMPANY & OFFICER GROUP
29 JUNE 2011	REORGNIZED MAIN PAGE	ICONS REARRANGED AND SOME NEW ONES ADDED MAKING ROOM FOR NEW PHOTOS
26 JUNE 2011	UPDATED MEDICAL SECTION INFO AND PHOTO	NEW VERSION OF PHOTO ADDED NAMES UPDATED TO CORRECT EARLIER MISTAKES
02 JUNE 2010	NEW INFO AND PHOTO ADDED	JAPANESE ANTI-BOAT MINE PAGE ADDED BETTER PHOTO AND A DETAILED DESCRIPTION
31 MAY 2010	NEW PHOTOS AND NEWS CLIPPINGS	2ND LT. MARIUS CHRISTENSON ADDED NEW PAGE WITH FAMILY PHOTOS & NEWS CLIPPINGS.
30 MAY 2010	A NEW PHOTO - KEN IN SAN DIEG0	PHOTO OF KEN ADDED AT BOTTOM OF PAGE -- KEN ON BEACH IN SAN DIEGO,1942
21 SEP 2009	A BETTER QUALITY PHOTO OF LVT-2 ADDED	PHOTO OF LVT-2 ADDED AT BOTTOM OF PAGE DEPICTING LVT-2 WRECKS OFF GREEN BEACH.
12 AUG 2009	AVERIL SHAKES PAGE CREATED ON MAIN PAGE	AVERIL SHAKES FAMILY FOUND IN NEW ZEALAND - NEW INFO AND PHOTOS POSTED.
07 AUG 2009	NZ COINS REMOVED FROM MAIN PAGE	NZ COIN COLLECTION REMOVED - BUT IS STILL AVAILABLE HERE.
07 AUG 2009	ALL PAGES UPDATED TO NEW EMAIL ADDRESS	WEBSITE NOW AT WWW.TARAWA1943.COM AND EMAIL ADDRESS jim@tarawa1943.com
03 DEC 2007	LOCATION OF WARTIME PHOTO DISCOVERED	PETER McHARDY DISCOVERS LOCATION WHERE SIDEWALK PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN.
04 OCT 2007	CORPSMAN FINDS KENNETH'S BODY AT LVT	LIVING EYE-WITNESS FOUND KENNETH'S BODY PINNED UNDER LVT DURING LANDING.
03 OCT 2007	PHOTOS OF 1/6 CORPSMEN AT CAMP TARAWA	PHOTOS FROM HAROLD HAMILTON - 1/6 CORPSMEN AT CAMP TARAWA HAWAII - DEC 1943
03 OCT 2007	PHOTOS OF KENNETH HILDEBRAND	TWO PHOTOS ADDED: OF KENNETH AS A CHILD AND AS AN ADULT IN HIS MARINE UNIFORM.
03 OCT 2007	CPL. MILTON MAYNARD BECK	PHOTO AND PAGE UPDATED: ENLISTMENT PHOTO OBTAINED FROM SERVICE RECORD.
16 MAR 2007	MEDICAL SECTION 1ST BN, 6TH MARINES	PHOTO AND PAGE UPDATED: NAME CHANGE TO THOMAS B. RUSHING, FROM CARL E. BOE.
03 SEP 2006	PhM2c CHARLES CHRISTEPHER CLARK	PAGE UPDATED TO REFLECT DEATH ABOARD USS FREDERICK FUNSTON & BURIAL AT SEA.
28 JUL 2006	CPL. MILTON MAYNARD BECK	USMC CORPORAL IS REPORTED TO HAVE DIED IN LVT THAT HIT MINE - GRN BEACH.
28 JUL 2006	GREEN BEACH LVT QUESTIONS	ONGOING RESEARCH CONCERNING LVTs THAT HIT MINES OFF GREEN BEACH.
28 JUL 2006	TARAWA AERIAL PHOTO	LARGE SCALE 1943 PHOTO SHOWING LOCATION OF LVT WRECKS OFF GRN BEACH.
28 JUL 2006	LVT(2) WRECKAGE PHOTOS	LINK FROM AERIAL PHOTO PAGE - SHOWS 3 ADDITIONAL PHOTOS OF LVT(2) WRECK.
28 JUL 2006	LVT(2) GREEN BEACH PHOTOS	PHOTOS OF THE LVT(2) WRECK OFF SOUTHERN GREEN BEACH - MINE DAMAGE?
28 JUL 2006	LVT REPORT OF LOSSES	ERRORS IN 2ND AMTRAC BN REPORT STATING TYPES OF LVTs LOST TO MINES.
28 JUL 2006	TWO LVT STORIES	LVT FROM USS FELAND and PUBLISHED ACCOUNT OF CAPT. ROYSTER'S LVT.
24 JAN 2006	PLT SGT REYNOLDS FAMILY RECORD	A THIRD VERSION OF HOW THE TWO LVTs HIT MINES OFF GREEN BEACH.