Tarawa was the most strongly defended island in the Pacific which the Japanese boasted that a million Americans couldn’t take the island in one hundred years. On Tarawa the Marines faced their sternest test yet.
You can now watch As it Happened: Tarawa online on the following streaming providers in the United States.
| Directing | Ashley Gething | Director |
| Writing | Ashley Gething | Writer |
| Production | Brian Aabech | Executive Producer |
| Production | Taylor Downing | Producer |
| Production | Rachel Naughton | Line Producer |
| Production | Úna Shinners | Assistant Production Manager |
| Crew | Chris Going | Cinematography |
| Editing | Finlay Bald | Editor |
| Editing | Owen Parker | Editor |
| Production | Tim Ball | Production Director |
| Production | Marilyn Freeman | Production Accountant |
| Production | Clare Moriarty | Production Coordinator |
| Art | Ed Niblett | Graphic Designer |
| Sound | Steven Grevemberg | Sound |
| Production | Eddie Allas | Coordinating Producer |
| Production | Marvin Schroeder | Coordinating Producer |
| Camera | Barry Hecht | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Bill Ralston | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Steven Faux | Music |
| Production | Paul Bell | Researcher |
| Production | Stuart Heaney | Researcher |
| Production | Alex Leithead | Research Assistant |
| Production | David Smith | Researcher |
| Crew | Second Marine Division Association | Thanks |