Chronology of World War II

Saturday, September 4

Marines Land on Nanumea


Marines Land on Nanumea
A landing craft glides up to a reef, and Marines clamber down and wade ashore to occupy another Pacific island, Nanumea in the Ellice group (Tuvalu). This is one of the craft used in occupation of the island on September 4. The men, guns, tractors, and trucks had to be brought ashore at low tide across shallow water from the edge of a reef beyond which the landing craft anchored.