Acknowledgments
Grateful acknowledgment is made to the following organizations and individuals for their financial, in-kind, or historical support:
Alfred M. Gray Research Center, Marine Corps University, Quantico, VA
American Samoa Historic Preservation Office, Pago Pago
Anonymous Donor, Ann Arbor, MI
Bart Fisher, Reporter, New Britain Herald, CT
Christophe Laurent, Mata-Utu, Wallis Island
Clay Bonnyman Evans, Niwot, CO
Daniel & Bruce Antion, In Memory of John William Antion, Windsor Locks, CT
Dave Gagne and Kris Gibson, Freeport, Maine
David Morrison, San Diego, California
Don Horstkotte, Scarborough, Maine
Geoffrey White, Anthropologist, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
Giovanna Gambardella, Anchorage, Alaska
History Flight, Marathon, FL
James Kneubuhl, American Samoa Community College, Pago Pago
Jessica M. Taft, U.S. Navy Veteran, Eagle River, AK
Jimmy Cortez, Gunnery Sergeant, USMC (Ret.), Phoenix, AZ
Johan Nordqvist, London, England
Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command, JBPHH, HI
Joseph R. Goddard, WWII Veteran, USMC, Dudley, MA
Katia Porter, Photographer, Manchester, England
Kiribati National Tourism Office
Marine Corps Heritage Foundation, Dumfries, VA
Marine Corps University, Quanitco, VA
National Museum of the Marine Corps, Quantico, VA
National Museum of the Pacific War, Fredericksburg, TX
National Park of American Samoa, Pago Pago
National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, MO
National World War II Museum, New Orleans, LA
Naval History and Heritage Command, Washington, D.C.
New Britain Public Library, New Britain, CT
Never Forget Our Veterans Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
Omnia SpA, Genova, Italy
R. Meade Phillips, National Vice Commandant, MCL SW Division
Shirley George, Widow of Robert L. George, A-1-10, Second Marine Division, Orangevale, CA
Steve Kenney, In Memory of Walter F. Kenney, 3rd Marine Defense Battalion
Real War Photos, Ann Arbor, MI
Tarawa on the Web
Thomas F. Karczewski, GySgt/USMCR, Retired, Kansas City, MO
U.S. National Archives, College Park, MD
United States Marine Corps History Division, Quantico, VA
University of Alaska Anchorage
Uvea Museum Association, Mata-Utu, Wallis Island
William Megofna, Jr., New Britain, Connecticut
American Samoa Historic Preservation Office, Pago Pago
Anonymous Donor, Ann Arbor, MI
Bart Fisher, Reporter, New Britain Herald, CT
Christophe Laurent, Mata-Utu, Wallis Island
Clay Bonnyman Evans, Niwot, CO
Daniel & Bruce Antion, In Memory of John William Antion, Windsor Locks, CT
Dave Gagne and Kris Gibson, Freeport, Maine
David Morrison, San Diego, California
Don Horstkotte, Scarborough, Maine
Geoffrey White, Anthropologist, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
Giovanna Gambardella, Anchorage, Alaska
History Flight, Marathon, FL
James Kneubuhl, American Samoa Community College, Pago Pago
Jessica M. Taft, U.S. Navy Veteran, Eagle River, AK
Jimmy Cortez, Gunnery Sergeant, USMC (Ret.), Phoenix, AZ
Johan Nordqvist, London, England
Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command, JBPHH, HI
Joseph R. Goddard, WWII Veteran, USMC, Dudley, MA
Katia Porter, Photographer, Manchester, England
Kiribati National Tourism Office
Marine Corps Heritage Foundation, Dumfries, VA
Marine Corps University, Quanitco, VA
National Museum of the Marine Corps, Quantico, VA
National Museum of the Pacific War, Fredericksburg, TX
National Park of American Samoa, Pago Pago
National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, MO
National World War II Museum, New Orleans, LA
Naval History and Heritage Command, Washington, D.C.
New Britain Public Library, New Britain, CT
Never Forget Our Veterans Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
Omnia SpA, Genova, Italy
R. Meade Phillips, National Vice Commandant, MCL SW Division
Shirley George, Widow of Robert L. George, A-1-10, Second Marine Division, Orangevale, CA
Steve Kenney, In Memory of Walter F. Kenney, 3rd Marine Defense Battalion
Real War Photos, Ann Arbor, MI
Tarawa on the Web
Thomas F. Karczewski, GySgt/USMCR, Retired, Kansas City, MO
U.S. National Archives, College Park, MD
United States Marine Corps History Division, Quantico, VA
University of Alaska Anchorage
Uvea Museum Association, Mata-Utu, Wallis Island
William Megofna, Jr., New Britain, Connecticut