Location Hawkins Field
This former airfield was built by the Japanese Army in 1943 and captured by U.S. marines in the Battle of Tarawa. It was expanded by U.S. Seabees.
There are no traces left of the airfield.
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Source
- Text: Kaj Metz
- Photos: U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1998.367.034
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